Sin-Yaw @ Juniper

First 5 days went in a blink. I remembered a couple of hours Monday afternoon browsing the company intranet. Then someone stopped at my office, “There are having a PR meeting. Maybe you should attend?” That marked the end of my new hire honey moon. Thursday was company’s quarterly big meeting. First time, David Yen presented his business strategy and plan. No doubt he came home with an Oscar that day. What a well-thought out plan and thorough strategy. No one in the room doubted that he will build the business group into a billion dollar operation in a few years.

I grokked about 75% of my real jobs here. Juniper Network is poised for an explosive growth for the next couple of years. I am to prepare the JUNOS (Juniper Operating System) foundation for that. The company’s strategy, in stark contrast with Cisco’s, is to leverage its JUNOS across all its product lines. While this strategy has paid off handsomely for the past few years, the next few present even greater challenges for engineers. The company is likely to double its product portfolio to capture even great share of the Internet market. Every parts of JUNOS must be prepared: the engineering environment, the development process, the OS technologies, etc.

I arrived at the dawn of great changes. Like soldiers readying for the attack at daybreak. The anticipation of the victory is boiling everyone’s blood. Of course, they also knew it will not be an easy walk. Competitors are strong and well resourced. Battles must be won with Herculean efforts and skills that are not quite honed. JUNOS is the weapon that will provide Juniper with the advantage, but engineers must execute to perfection.

And we will.

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