knew Philips would be different, but it was shocking. Dark wood paneling with smoke stains from the 1970s, no cubicles, constant meetings, managers who just said no to everything. An old guard of old Dutch guys complaining about the lack of Douwe Egberts coffee and frikandel (if you don’t know, don’t ask). Everywhere I looked I saw the same bad suit I’d ditched after my first General Magic interview. I was twenty-five years old and had never really managed anyone, never built a team.
