Great teamwork and culture, tons of smart and friendly people, interesting technical problems (I think computer networking is interesting ¯\_(ツ)_/¯), opportunities for growth, and good work-life balance.
One thing to note is that much of this might be because I got lucky and joined the team that was part of the OpenDNS acquisition.
Correct. Cisco stock growth is not only limited by the hw business since 2000, but Huawei ate their lunch on growth, which is the kiss of death for a tech company. See Nortel.
(Zoom was started with 40 Webex (Cisco) engineers. lol.)
Also Cisco salaries are really low for SV, like 30% less - totally non-FAANG. I've pointed that out to Cisco recruiters, and they almost cried on the phone begging me to go to the next interview step anyway.
Great teamwork and culture, tons of smart and friendly people, interesting technical problems (I think computer networking is interesting ¯\_(ツ)_/¯), opportunities for growth, and good work-life balance.
One thing to note is that much of this might be because I got lucky and joined the team that was part of the OpenDNS acquisition.