From plastics to beer to manufacturing, it has been a long and fruitful in-house career for N. Cornell Boggs, III. Now the senior vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary of silicon-based manufacturing company Dow Corning, Boggs has developed a wealth of experience running an in-house legal department and helping develop successful in-house counsel. This month, Boggs sat down with InsideCounsel to talk about learning the business, the importance of networking and why success is hard to quantify.

How has the senior in-house lawyer’s job function changed since your first work in a management position?