Carmen Shirkey Collins

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Cisco employees, who also happen to be women technologists, are gearing up to attend/speak/participate in the Grace Hopper...

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New CEO Chuck Robbins issued a challenge (one of many)  when he stepped into his new role this past summer. "I want Cisco to be viewed as...

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Folks at Cisco don’t “hijack” blood donation trucks unless there’s a very good reason. If helping a colleague cope...

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Recently, the Life at Cisco Instagram account (follow us!) asked employees to submit photos via Instagram (and a few other methods) to show us why they chose Cisco. (See the original blog post here.) Turns out, all employees needed was a white-board, a dry-erase pen, and a chance, and they were more than excited to tell […]

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“We are family! I’ve got all my sisters and me!” ~ Sister Sledge. Now that we’ve gotten a disco tune earworm in your brain, let’s talk about how two sisters,...

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If you think running a 5K race is challenge enough, try throwing a few daunting obstacles on the course. Cisco Network Consulting Engineer Deidra Brown has faced that challenge,...

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Nicki Vereschagin just finished her second summer internship at Cisco on the Cloud Partner Marketing team. Before heading back to USC she wanted to leave some advice behind. What follows are tips on how others can learn to think on a global scale. As an intern on the Cisco Cloud Marketing team for two summers […]

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It’s no secret. I’m nuts about social media. (I lead the Cisco Careers “Life at Cisco” social media strategy.) Word gets around, so people who aren’t as nuts about social media ask me for advice. I love helping them, because when you’re passionate about something, you want others to be passionate about it. One of […]

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The #ILookLikeAnEngineer hashtag is the diversity sensation that’s sweeping the nations! The hashtag started as a way to break down stereotypes as to what an engineer might look like. It’s not just nerdy guys. It’s women, minorities; heck, ANYONE can be an engineer or interested in technology. We gathered all of the #ILookLikeAnEngineer posts from […]

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If you’ve never heard about Cisco’s dCloud team, you’re about to. After this, you might think they’re Cisco’s best-kept secret, and the coolest team around. “We are using bleeding edge...

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If you had a million airline miles, where would you travel? Kyle Lovett, a security penetration tester with the Advanced Services Security Team is asking himself that very question right...

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Why Cisco? What’s so great about working here? Why do people come in every day to innovate and change the world? Let’s ask Cisco employees! Let’s even ask Cisco leaders! Today kicks off an employee contest on Instagram (Follow us there!) It’s named (and tagged) #IChoseCisco. That way, employees can tell the world why they […]

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The words “geek” or “nerd” are often thrown about with negative connotations, but not at Cisco! Here, we wear our geek badges with pride, and like to think that...

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There’s a party going on! An employee party to kick off FY16 with fun and food and friends. It’s called Cisco Rocks, and it’s in part a celebration to thank John Chambers for his 20 years as our CEO and to welcome Chuck Robbins and the new Executive Leadership Team. Follow along on Twitter using […]

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They’re not pool sharks. They’re not hard-core gamers. They’re not Forrest Gump at the ping-pong table....

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When you work at Cisco, the Internet of Everything (IoE) becomes more personal to each of us. However, for one Cisco employee, the Internet of Everything takes personal to a whole new level. Just a few months ago, Karen Miller Morris had her “mom-ness” put to the test when she found out her 8-year-old son, […]

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Some of our Cisco employees were excited to attend a recent event in San Jose called...

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Welcome to the Life at Cisco blog. This is our “hello world” post, our inaugural post to tell you...