--- title: Growing Up at Cisco: My Journey from High School Extern... description: Tyler Patel shares her seven-year journey at Cisco, starting as a high school extern in 2018 and progressing through college internships and the Cisco Sales... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/growing-up-at-cisco-my-journey-from-high-school-extern-to-account-executive-htp5zzgwm twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Growing Up at Cisco: My Journey from High School Extern to Account Executive | daily.dev og:description: Tyler Patel shares her seven-year journey at Cisco, starting as a high school extern in 2018 and progressing through college internships and the Cisco Sales... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/growing-up-at-cisco-my-journey-from-high-school-extern-to-account-executive-htp5zzgwm og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/hTp5zZGwm.png og:image:alt: Growing Up at Cisco: My Journey from High School Extern to Account Executive og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Growing Up at Cisco: My Journey from High School Extern to Account Executive **[Cisco](https://daily.dev/sources/cisco)** · 5 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Tyler Patel shares her seven-year journey at Cisco, starting as a high school extern in 2018 and progressing through college internships and the Cisco Sales Associate Program to become an Account Executive. She now helps lead the same High STEM Externship Program that launched her career, which is expanding to new locations after being kept alive locally post-COVID. The story highlights Cisco's investment in early talent development and internal career exploration opportunities. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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