#WeAreCisco

New building, new views (of Sydney Harbour!) and sweeping open spaces – that’s what it’s like to work at Cisco Sydney! Let me take you on a virtual tour, so if you visit or come in for an interview, you’ll know what to expect. How to start the day off right? Get into the office early! You’ll get the…

When I was offered an internship at Cisco Ireland as part of my university degree, I wasn’t sure what to expect – would I be bored, would I be stressed, or would I be welcomed and thrive in my new environment? I had to wait four months between when I accepted my offer to my first day. So, that was f…

We all have those times in our lives when we feel like standing still for a moment to think about the meaning of it all. Why are we here? What have we achieved so far? Are we happy? How many things have we checked off our bucket list, and why does time seem to go faster as we grow older? I will be t…

The world travels more now than it ever has, with Americans alone logging more than 405 million long-distance business trips every year. Maybe you regularly contribute to that number? I know I do! I love working for Cisco, and in particular, I love that we embrace technology, which often removes the…

What’s a girl with a head full of purple hair to do when she’s fiercely passionate about fighting children’s cancer with the St. Baldrick’s Foundation? Well, for this girl with purple hair – she signs up to shave it all off. Yep, you read that right. This time, next year, I’ll be bald. This promise…

Who’s excited to see the winners of the second annual #WeAreCisco #LoveWhereYouWork employee photo contest? (Me! ✋ Me! ✋ Me! ✋ ) There were 1300 entries. We know. We counted. (Many times.) There were 1100 entries from Twitter and Instagram, and several hundred entered in t…

I got asked a lot of questions after my last blog post, How I Found My Cisco Family. The most popular seemed to be, “What kept you going?” And every time I heard those words I would have to pause and wonder…could it really be just one thing? Yes, my life was difficult. My mother was a drug addict, w…

There is a certain value associated with getting in early, riding the wave, and then jumping ship to go to work for the next hot company. Serial startup employees assume folks that work for “large” companies like Cisco fantasize about joining an early-stage, venture-backed technology company and won…

We have all, likely, struggled from time to time with explaining technology to our grandparents – or, even our parents, older siblings, aunts and uncles. From, “What’s email?” and “How do I copy and paste, again?” to “Do I have The Google?” and “Why do I want to know about this Facebook thing?” they…