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      4.3

      77% would recommend to a friend

      (80 total reviews)
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      Chuck Robbins

      79% approve of CEO

      77% positive business outlook

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      Software Development Engineer (SDE) employees have rated Cisco with 4.3 out of 5 stars, based on 80 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Development Engineer (SDE) professionals have an excellent working experience there. Cisco is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Development Engineer (SDE) professionals compared to other employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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      80 reviews
      4.0
      Oct 14, 2022

      Software Development Engineer (SDE)

      Software development engineer (sde)
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      Pros

      Pro's They're well made, reliable, and tend to function for a very long time without going down. Well supported--it's very easy to find documentation on how to do something, or a company/person who can do whatever it is you want done for you. Very large feature set. Cisco offers numerous open standard and proprietary protocols and options in their code that other vendors lack parity with. Stable code and quick bug fixes. Bugs that cause major operational or security problems have been extremely rare, in my experience. Most products have a CLI that is easy to use and understand.

      Cons

      Con's Price. Sometimes I think Cisco should be spelled Ci$co. Complex licensing. One could invest as much time learning their licensing schemes as you would studying for a CCIE. Inconsistencies between products. Cisco has acquired numerous companies and incorporated their products into Cisco's portfolio while retaining much of the code base--this leads to many quirks when working in the CLI's on multiple products. Most GUI software is written in Java and can do a lot of dumb things--specifically the ADSM software used to configure ASA's. Occasional interoperability issues when connecting to products from other vendors. Software releases can be a bit confusing, as figuring out which features you're getting is not always clear.

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