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When it comes time to decide what you want your career to be, it can be overwhelming.  Not to mention, many struggle with defining what they’d like from “the real world” while others seem to have everything already charted out from A-Z. I was one of the A-Z students.  At least, I thought I was. When…

I believe in serendipity.  It happens. My journey to Cisco is an interesting one.  Prior to working here, I’d been a software consultant most of my career.  I helped customers accelerate adoption and business value from their software implementations through developing & executing change managem…

In today’s complex and evolving technology landscape, Cisco and our partners must remain relevant, competitive, and profitable. Our focus is on enabling our partners to perform to meet today’s business goals and transform to fuel their continued success. Partner enablement is not just about learning…

I didn’t start my career in marketing – or at Cisco.  I used to be a full-time civil litigator and a part-time adjunct lecturer.  By day, I picked apart multi-million-dollar insurance contract language.  By night, I picked apart graduate student essays (in all their handwritten glory). So, you coul…

How much do you #LoveWhereYouWork?  For me, I could share story upon story of why Cisco has my heart.  I am so immensely proud to see our children running around in Cisco t-shirts and love watching my daughter save book reports to her Cisco UBS drive.  There have been many moments that mattered to m…

Growing up I always had a fascination with leadership, strategy, and growth.  I watched countless hours of History channel and documentaries on the great leaders of our past.  I would read books on the topics like Sun Tzu’s The Art of War, Napoleon Hill’s Think and Grow Rich, and Robert Greene’s Mas…

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…

This post was written by Cisco Sales Intern Mabel Liang. Give anyone in Gen Z some time and a computer, and we can “Google” our way to being experts in anything.  That is exactly what I did prior to my interviews for my current role as a Global Strategy, Planning, and Operations summer intern at Cis…

A lot has happened to me in the last three years—got engaged, got diagnosed with leukemia, got married, built a house, leukemia went into remission, wrote a book about millennials, had our first child—and Cisco has been part of my life through all of it. My first leader at Cisco was a large, easygoi…