Cisco gives engineer unlimited AI tokens to rewrite 98% of legacy code in 24 months
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Fortune reports that Padmanabhan Krishnamurthy, a 27-year-old former founder, joined Cisco through its acquisition of translation startup EzDubs and started in a non-strategic role. Cisco president and chief product officer Jeetu Patel moved him to lead legacy code refactoring. Cisco gave him unlimited AI tokens and a target of refactoring 98% of the company's legacy code within 24 months. The report covers the goal and the resources, not progress so far.
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- Hacker News front pageCisco gives engineer unlimited AI tokens to rewrite 98% of the company's code
Cisco 向工程师 Padmanabhan Krishnamurthy 提供无限 AI token，要求他在24个月内重构公司98%的遗留代码。据 Fortune 报道，这位27岁的前创业者因 Cisco 收购翻译初创公司 EzDubs 而加入，后由总裁兼首席产品官 Jeetu Patel 从非战略岗位调任负责该任务。
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