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Cisco president taps young founder to rewrite 98% of legacy code

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Cisco's president, Jeetu Patel, has tasked a 27-year-old former startup founder, Padmanabhan Krishnamurthy, with a significant project to rewrite 98% of the company's legacy code within two years. Patel believes in empowering young talent, even those found in lower organizational levels, by giving them "unlimited tokens" and encouraging them to challenge established practices. This approach aims to inject fresh ideas and foster innovation by creating constructive tension between experienced staff and newer, "hungry" hires. AI

IMPACT This initiative could accelerate legacy code modernization and potentially influence how companies integrate AI tools for development tasks.

RANK_REASON Article discusses a specific internal project and hiring strategy within a company, rather than a new product release, research, or major industry shift.

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  1. Fortune TIER_1 English(EN) · Orianna Rosa Royle ·

    Cisco chief found a 27-year-old ex-founder ‘buried away in the organization doing something unstrategic’—now the Gen Zer is rewriting 98% of its code

    Meet Paddy, the 27-year-old Cisco’s president calls an “energizer bunny.” The Gen Z ex-founder has been given unlimited AI tokens and told to “go nuts.”

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