Life At Cisco
Five Years at Cisco – Thanks to My Mentor
Five years. I still remember the day it all started. My world changed instantly. Those magical words, “Congratulations on the offer. Welcome to the wonderful world of Cisco!” still echo and it didn’t take long for me to realize that I was living the dream. It is my 5th “Ciscoversary.” And boy,…
Cisco China Embraces Cisco’s Giving Back Philosophy
Cisco has always followed a philosophy of giving back to the community, and in recent years, Cisco China has participated in various community and volunteer programs including: Hands on Shanghai (HOS), River of Hearts (ROH), One Heart Gift Bag, Hiking for One Egg, etc. Giving makes a difference, and…
Is dCloud “dBest” Team at Cisco?
If you’ve never heard about Cisco’s dCloud team, you’re about to. After this, you might think they’re Cisco’s best-kept secret, and the coolest team around. “We are using bleeding edge technology,” says Program Manager Steve Dickson (better known as dCloud Steve). “No one else is doing it like we’re…
4 Ways Women Can Be a Ninja at Work
I recently became a Ninja. That’s right. A Cisco Security Ninja. You can be a Ninja too! The Cisco Security Ninja Program (http://wwwin-csdl.cisco.com/ninja_dojo/) confirms lessons learned and challenges participants to reach for higher degrees of competence and proficiency in product security. The…
Cisco Employee Earns Security Bug Bounty – 1 Million United Miles!
If you had a million airline miles, where would you travel? Kyle Lovett, a security penetration tester with the Advanced Services Security Team is asking himself that very question right now. That’s because his United Airlines mile bank is overflowing, thanks to a security bug he found through a bug…
Cisco Intern: From Homeless to Helping Others
Tia Pope loves being a Cisco IT Engineering Intern, not only for the opportunity it gives her, but for the opportunity she has to share her story with young girls just like her to help excite them about technical fields. And boy, does she have a story! Tia was raised in a single-parent family with s…
#ILookLikeAnEngineer – Cisco style!
The #ILookLikeAnEngineer hashtag is the diversity sensation that’s sweeping the nations! The hashtag started as a way to break down stereotypes as to what an engineer might look like. It’s not just nerdy guys. It’s women, minorities; heck, ANYONE can be an engineer or interested in…
A Cisco employee gift on my first-year anniversary
A Cross Pen with the Cisco logo — it’s my 1st anniversary gift. I just received it and did the official unwrapping. Sure, it’s not very expensive, but it comes with whole-hearted, warm greetings from Cisco, delivered across the Pacific Ocean to me here in Shanghai, China, with my 1…
4 Reasons to Intern In College
The graduate job market is incredibly competitive these days and a qualification just isn’t enough to secure a position. If you think about it, every graduate applicant will have a degree and when you’re competing with hundreds or even thousands of graduates for a limited number of jobs, it is impor…

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