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The following is an excerpt from the 2019 CSR report. In 2018, we announced goals to achieve 100 percent renewable energy, water neutrality, and zero waste by FY20 at Cisco’s campus in Research Triangle Park (RTP), North Carolina. The campus’s proximity to leading research universities makes it an i…

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…

When I started my career at Cisco as a Customer Support Engineer in Belgium in 2006, my mission was to become the best engineer to support our customers as possible. And, after achieving my CCIE and investing in my education with Cisco’s support, I took a new role in the company and relocated to the…

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…

Imagine receiving a phone call, where on the other line, you heard a friend of yours pay you the kindest, most genuine acknowledgement of the difference you had made in their lives. A few years ago, on September 21st, I received just such a call from a friend of mine.  He ended it by wishing me a Ha…

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…

One of the greatest things about working at Cisco is that you are encouraged to be true to yourself. If you are even relatively new to reading the stories on the Life at Cisco blog, you have likely already bumped into one or two of the stories that speak to this. I love this benefit, but also – I th…

How many of us can say that we’ve taken skills learned at work and transformed them into lifelong lessons within our home? One of the most valuable elements of our Cisco culture is that we’re encouraged to grow and to continue learning, and because of that nudge from my manager I was able to teach m…

I have come to learn that there are a multitude of life lessons college does not fully prepare you for, and while I had interned at Cisco the previous summer – I was still nervous about beginning my full-fledged career at a company that’s prominence in our global community is impressive, and thus in…