If you had a hobby, family, or wanted to do things besides work - you should join VMware. We didn't have nearly as long hours as Google given our customers worked normal business hours.
When I first started VMware, I was very shy and self-conscious about speaking. I grew out of this by giving talks each week in front of the whole company; gradually, as we scaled, I had talked to more and more people, and this is how I conquered my fear of talking to people.
Every customer wants to run on all the clouds.
We believe that cloud will be based on significant open-source components that are offered as services. People don't want to be locked into a single provider.
I'm super partner-oriented. That's how I built VMware.
Almost every customer that I talk to is talking about how they're using APIs, and what a step function they are for their business.
I have pretty set rules that I go home for dinner every night unless I am traveling.
I have a lot of help to do chores so I can be with my family, and I never have any help over the weekends.
I'm pretty transparent and clear about things. The things I do and the way I act are no different than I would expect of others. Mostly it's about being very clear about what we are trying to do and communicating a lot and showing absolute consistency and integrity about what I say and do.
Kids are curious, and if you don't lose that, then everything is an adventure.
I just do what I want to do. I look at what's interesting to me.
If you know where you are going, you have this sixth sense about if everything you do along the way is lined up with that.
