"The SDN memo, at least from my perspective, sends the wrong message to Cisco’s engineering corps: you are worth more outside than you are inside Cisco." As a

"The SDN memo, at least from my perspective, sends the wrong message to Cisco’s engineering corps: you are worth more outside than you are inside Cisco." As a former Cisco employee, that sounds about right. Cisco does have an entire business unit dedicated to developing products that enter new markets, but it looked like a horrible place to be. It was pitched as a "startup environment" (apparently code for "work 60-hour weeks" and "you can get laid off if the project falls through") but came with the same normal paycheck and crushing bureaucracy as any other place in Cisco.