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The Life at Cisco blog typically publishes employee stories under their personal bylines, however, once our interns head back to school we get all sad face because they’re no longer filling the Cisco campus with their brilliance and we’re unable to attach their amazing blogs to their credentials.  Have no fear though, the awesome #Cisco #Intern blogs can now be found HERE where you can read all about not only what our interns are learning, but how they are changing the world and inspiring our entire company by fueling innovation.

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February 19, 2020

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Exploring the Unknown: My Machine Learning Internship at Cisco   

This post was authored by Cisco Sales Intern Samy Doloris. As my studies in Computer Science and Engineering ended, there was one thing left to achieve – my master thesis. Most students at my university look up thesis topics with their professors. But I chose an alternative direction and found mysel…

February 17, 2020

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The Importance of Partners 

This post was authored by Cisco Sales Intern Alyssa Cuffie. When I was in Middle School, I attended theater camp every summer. I just knew that I wanted to be an actress and was blessed that my parents had the ability to help me with that dream. And even though I didn’t always learn all my lines, I…

February 4, 2020

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3 Ways I Made an Impact as a Cisco Intern

This post was written by Cisco Intern Charlie Helms Jr. What I love most about working at Cisco is the feeling that I truly matter. Being an African-American student in computer science has many challenges, and one of them is seeing longevity in your field when you do not see many people that look…

January 28, 2020

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Learning to ‘Be You, With Us’ at Cisco

This post was written by Cisco marketing intern Sang Le. On my first day at Cisco, I could tell I was different. As the first and only female Marketing Intern for Cisco Cloud Security – I stuck out like a sore thumb alongside the 100+ software engineers I worked with in Vancouver, Canada. I thought…

November 19, 2019

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5 Reasons I Kept Interning at Cisco

This post was written by Cisco Intern (now full-time employee) Rachel Spector. After interning at Cisco for four consecutive summers, I am often asked why I kept going back. It’s a fair question since there were so many different experiences I could have had at other companies – but there are five k…

November 13, 2019

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The Lunch Table

As an intern, I’ve thought a lot about how I can leave my mark at such a big tech company and stand out amongst the crowd. When I asked for advice on this, I received much of the same commentary: “Network, network, network!” and while I connected with many people through one-on-ones – I still felt l…

October 8, 2019

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Once an Intern, Always an Intern

This post was authored by Engineering Intern Dhwan Wanjara. As my summer internship at Cisco Allentown came to an end I was filled with gratitude for the incredible opportunity I received to be a Cisco intern.  My time was full of action, a bit of learning, a bit of growth, hard work and a lot of fu…

October 1, 2019

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One Second Every Day at Cisco

This post was authored by Alyssa Cuffie a Cisco Marketing Intern for Summer 2019. Can you tell a story in just a one second video clip every day?  Our initial reactions might be, “No way!” But in Jon Favreau’s movie Chef, his son documents the cross country journey of his father’s food truck by stre…

August 26, 2019

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Re-Launching My Career at Cisco

This post was written by Cisco Sales Intern Andre Brandao. In early 2016, my last day at Cisco was one of the most difficult and saddest days I could remember.  I thought a door was closing, and I was devastated that my dream seemed to have ended so soon – sometimes, life just doesn’t go according t…