san jose

I grew up at Cisco. Not many of us can call ourselves “Cisco Babies” – but I think I qualify. My mom, Nicole James, has worked for the company since 1998. I was just six years old when she started working here and I have fond memories of spending my summers hanging out in her cubicle and begging her…

Be you, with us – that’s a saying you often hear around Cisco, and we believe it. But imagine the surprise of some of our employees when we asked, “Have you ever wanted to be an extra in a movie?” Those magic words enticed 116 employee volunteers to three different locations around Cisco Headquarter…

If loving where you work is wrong – we don’t want to be right! 😉 We’re honored to have been named on Fortune’s 100 Best Companies to work for at #6 (that’s a 42-point jump, in case you were wondering.) I never planned on dating a co-worker. Not only did the ide…

I learned a lot from my friend and Cisco’s former CEO, John Chambers, and he would always tell me: “You learn the most about people when they are under pressure.” It’s a fascinating personal and professional development question:  how will you react to pressure, pressure so intense it makes your hea…