My time here on blind has really opened my eyes to how Cisco has no respect on its name whatsoever. If you were hiring, and you saw Cisco on the resume as the only company that candidate has worked for, would you throw that candidate's resume in the trash? #faang #resume
Nope. The Beauty of tech industry is as long as you have the revenant skills - FAANG or other upcoming companies like robinhood, coinbase, Uber, snowflake and others are willing to give you a chance. I’m from intel which comes in the same tier as Cisco or maybe a little lower than Cisco but I got calls from all companies I applied to.
true.
Sounds like a poll question but no wouldn’t throw.
Generally no. But I have worked in snobby startups who screen out long term veterans of companies like Cisco if they stayed there long. The logic - the person is not ambitious, and won’t be a good startup fit. (Translation: won’t work 80 hours a week for less pay)
Generally no but wouldn’t be impressed either. So there will be a lot of proving to do.
I joined Cisco recently and was surprised that many of the “long term residents” are actually quite smart. There is some interesting tech being built and employees are trained all the time. So the skills will be there and everyone needs them. If someone thinks you’re a moron because of the association with the brand then it tells about them quite something. You would not want to join a bunch of elitists anyway.
Generally yes, unless they came from an internal referral.
and what company are you even from?
Startup.
I joined Cisco Canada and worked there for a couple years in the Data and Analytics team and I feel like it really helped my job prospects. During my recent job hunt, I got interviews with Reddit, Twitter, PayPal, Spotify, Coursera, etc. I never would have got those calls before joining Cisco.
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