#WeAreCisco

This is the first in a series of Cisco site guides to help employees who visit different offices or for those interviewing.  Welcome to Cisco in in Raleigh / RTP (that’s Research Triangle Park for you non-North Carolinians). Should you ever have the opportunity to visit or interview at our location,…

I’m a journalist; a storyteller. My job as a social media manager for Cisco requires all the same skills I honed as a news producer at television news stations all across the country. When I made the leap into the corporate tech world, I wondered how big of a learning curve I’d face. It…

Everyone knows that the New Year means setting new goals, be it saving for that vacation holiday or spending more time with friends and family. Its also a super time to set goals for your career. Some simple ways to look at how to achieve your Career Goals include: 1 – Try and Establish a vis…

For a company as large as Cisco, we truly feel like an interconnected family every day, but especially when the seasonal traditions from around the globe are celebrated! Celebrating holidays to ensure everyone feels included, we make it is not just about Christmas or Hanukah, Halloween or Diwali – f…

Growing up, I’m sure most of you heard someone at some point say, “Finish your plate, there are starving kids in the world!” Especially when your mom decided to try out that new broccoli soup. Yuck! Ever since then, I’ve always had a hard time watching food go to waste – and I take this sentiment tr…

When you start working at Cisco, you quickly realize folks here have their own language. Sure, there’s tech lingo and acronyms galore, but it goes much deeper than that. You hear, quite a bit, in those conversations that people have a “Cisco Family” – and when you first start, you aren’t quite sure…

I’ve always had compassion for the plight of many in Africa. I think it started from me being overly sensitive at a young age and taking the old dinner table saying “finish your food, there are starving children in Africa” to heart. This is why I was so touched by Alphonsine Imaniraguha’s story. I c…

To create world-changing technology, you need world-changing technologists – like the engineers that help make up the #WeAreCisco tribe. So who better to give career advice to aspiring Cisconians than these inspiring Cisconians? These systems engineers are all Chairman’s Club Winners – the top 1% in…

Having to cope with the loss of my Golden Retriever, Tiger was one of the hardest things I ever had to go through. He was a fluffy and happy eleven-year old pup that loved to grab the morning newspaper and sit right smack in the middle of all the excitement during the opening of presents every Chris…