After you go to enough meetings with product managers and read a lot and research questions that others ask you, you get to know a fair amount. But you keep learning every day. That's a wonderful opportunity, but also a challenging one. When I first came to Cisco, we were routers, period. From there, we've extended into new product areas, we've seen the rise of the Internet, and we're showing the way for Web commerce by selling products directly through Cisco Connection Online.
Every permanent employee has stock.
Of course, the mix of cash versus stock compensation varies across positions, simply because some positions offer more ability to impact the stock's performance. But all permanent employees have an equity stake in the company. It can be tiring sometimes, because John Chambers asks a lot of everyone. It's a demanding company, too. You're expected to take risks, and with risks come inevitable failures.