#WeAreCisco
At Cisco, Why Be Anyone Else When You Can Be Yourself?
Cisco is the best thing that ever happened to me, and I’m sure I’m not the only one who thinks that! Right after graduation, Cisco was my very first company, and while I wouldn’t say every phase has been a bed of roses in my time here – I am still filled with gratitude for a company that has challen…
Busting the hard skills myth: How soft skills shaped my career at Cisco
Often, the top questions we receive on @WeAreCisco Instagram Live takeovers are around obtaining a job at Cisco, how to apply, and what technical certifications and schooling is required. The truth is that it varies from position to position, and while these skills are all very important – I have a…
DevNet Zone “Takeover” Sessions at Cisco Live 2019
As you know, Cisco Live 2019 is right around the corner (June 9 through June 13)… and you are likely packing your bags for San Diego and solidifying your event + session schedule. Well ok, you’re more like us and packing the few hours before your flight. Are you a network engineer, woman in tech, b…
Meeting My Pride Family
Big life changes are nerve-wracking, aren’t they? After running my own interior design company for over 10 years, I jumped into a totally different industry and joined AppDynamics (which is part of Cisco’s Cloud Portfolio) about one year ago. Having a different background from most of my coworkers a…
The Gift of Goodbye
Grief, they say, doesn’t have an expiration date. It perhaps fades with time, but never leaves you. Born and raised in India, I moved to the United States nine years ago for a new beginning in life. Being an only child, it was difficult to say goodbye to my parents and I missed them terribly – but…
Cisco Wins: Turning Career Skills into Parenting Skills
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…
In the ‘Benefits Lottery’ – Cisco is a Winning Ticket!
In the 12 years that I have been with Cisco, I can honestly say it feels like home and during this time I have grown from an energetic girl ready to take on the world into a married woman, and now even a working mother! As I was looking to begin my career and carefully compared other companies based…
Giving Back to Help Others Move Forward through NPower
It’s an awesome feeling to wake up each day and know that your efforts are making a difference for the greater good. When I was a soldier in the U.S. Army over 20 years ago I had that feeling every day and now I have it again at my new place of work – Cisco. I began my Cisco career 9 months ago and…
A Baby Goes to Cisco Live Melbourne: How Cisco Lives its Dedication to Flexibility
Yes, I brought a baby to Cisco Live Melbourne. And no, to answer the #1 question I received throughout the 5 days I spent in Melbourne for the Digital Summits (a side event to Cisco Live) it wasn’t just some random baby I found in the convention center. A year ago, I reluctantly missed out on the ch…
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