What this CEO learned about business from detasseling corn for $1.50 an hour

I don’t consciously think about my first job when I meet with leaders in the electronics industry to talk about trade policy. But my young days in an Illinois cornfield will always shape how I view, and do, work. My hometown in western Illinois had maybe 10,000 people if Western Illinois University was in session. I grew up with a single mom and things were tight. If I wanted a little spending money as a kid, I had to earn it; a deep and early seeded lesson in the value of work. Detasselin...