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Letting the Sparks Fly
Early on in my Red Hat career, I was working from home one day after a doctor’s appointment. I had a phone meeting with Paul Cormier, Red Hat’s president of products and technologies. Cormier and I discussed a variety of issues, as we always do, and then eventually wrapped up our talk. My wife, who was at home during the call, came over and asked, “Oh my gosh, what’s wrong? It sounds like you just had a huge fight!” This caught me by surprise. I said, “No, we didn’t. We were just debating something and trying to find a solution.”
What I realized then was that many of our discussions at Red Hat involve heated and passionate debate, something that rarely happened in my earlier jobs. Certainly, most interactions are not ...
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