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March 17, 2020

LIFE AT CISCO

More Than a Beard

There were times it was indirect, “Did you lose your razor?” Other times, it was very much direct, “You need to trim your sideburns; they’re too long.” But in both cases, during my pre-Cisco life, it was made clear to me that there was a certain appearance I needed in order to fit in – a corporate m…

March 11, 2020

LIFE AT CISCO

The Superhero Women of Cisco Cybersecurity

I have always been a tech-geek, and as a Marvel fan – I’ve also always been someone who believes that one single person (or one ultimate, diverse team) can save the world. That’s why I’m so passionate about cybersecurity and my modern-day heroes – Cisco’s Cybersecurity Engineers! Heroes comes in all…

February 28, 2020

LIFE AT CISCO

Celebrating My 23rd Cisco Anniversary at 26

My love story with Cisco began as a young girl in Greenville, SC where I could often be found begging my dad to take me with him to work – at the Cisco offices, which I thought were the coolest offices on the planet (and I wasn’t wrong). Cubicles, heavy machinery, and a fridge full of every soda ima…

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

LIFE AT CISCO

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…

January 21, 2020

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3 Lessons My Cisco Interns Taught Me

After another great summer of working with our AMAZING Global Sales Interns, my first thought was, “Where did all of our time go?” It felt like we just had orientation, and now they were prepping for their final presentations and planning out the rest of their summers before returning to school in t…

December 12, 2019

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Why I’m Thankful for a Broken Bone

Sometimes, things just don’t happen as planned. On the night before I was due to fly to the United States for my favorite event of the year, Cisco IMPACT (our annual Sales kick off), I dropped my laptop on my foot. It hurt – A LOT.  But overcome with excitement, and assuming it was just bruised, I l…

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…

October 24, 2019

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How Rejection was my Redirection to the Tech Industry

Rejection after rejection. While looking for the right role and company to take my career to the next level, I applied and interviewed for hundreds of jobs. It seemed, on the best days, to be a one-way street for most companies. And, after succumbing to the fear of failure, I felt discouraged to pur…