Every time the fall of Nokia is mentioned I always retell the feelings I had sitting in Ruholahti, Helsinki on February 2011- the Friday of my first week at the company; and hearing the news that R&D was shutting down in favour of Windows Phone.
Many considered it an inferior product, many had just lost the work of their lives. Most just went to the bar across the street.
I feel the heart and soul of Nokia, just like those engineers, is off of the main building somewhere. Getting drunk and telling stories of how great things were and could have been.
...telling stories of how great things were and could have been.
They're deluding themselves. Things were not great at Nokia before February 2011. The product pipeline of mostly Symbian-based smartphones was an unfolding disaster.
I've talked to a lot of passionate ex-Nokia people, here in Helsinki.
I recently waited for a couple of months to try and buy one of the new Nokia 6 android phones. It took so long that I ended up with a MotoG instead. It's been years since I actually owned a Nokia phone, but I have fond memories, and the technical staff always seemed very competent, passionate, and thorough.
Many considered it an inferior product, many had just lost the work of their lives. Most just went to the bar across the street.
I feel the heart and soul of Nokia, just like those engineers, is off of the main building somewhere. Getting drunk and telling stories of how great things were and could have been.