{"id":37791,"date":"2015-08-07T13:40:24","date_gmt":"2015-08-07T20:40:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/?p=37791"},"modified":"2025-12-14T15:46:47","modified_gmt":"2025-12-14T23:46:47","slug":"world-traveler-kendall-settles-in-tern","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/world-traveler-kendall-settles-in-tern\/","title":{"rendered":"World Traveler Kendall Settles In&#8230;tern"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-37801\" src=\"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/2015-08-05-16.43.15_720.jpg\" alt=\"Intern_Kendall_720\" width=\"720\" height=\"407\" srcset=\"https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/2015-08-05-16.43.15_720.jpg 720w, https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/2015-08-05-16.43.15_720-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/2015-08-05-16.43.15_720-560x317.jpg 560w, https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/2015-08-05-16.43.15_720-220x124.jpg 220w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"bzdropcap\">The summer is coming to a close, but we decided to add another intern in to the mix. Kendall is joining us for a few weeks to work on a few &#8220;special ops&#8221; projects before heading back the UK to finish off her last year of boarding school. Kendall loves to travel, and we&#8217;re happy to have her join our interns: Katherine, Caitlin, Steve, and Brian. That&#8217;s the largest crop of interns yet, but they are absolutely killing it! Lets learn a bit more about Kendall, shall we?<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is your Backblaze title?<\/strong><br \/>\nIntern [Editor&#8217;s note: Marketing Intern].<\/p>\n<p><strong>Where are you originally from?<\/strong><br \/>\nBorn and grew up in California but I\u2019m half Scottish and go to boarding school in England.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What do you expect to learn while being at Backblaze?<\/strong><br \/>\nSkills in internationalization and localization.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Where else have you worked?<\/strong><br \/>\nCamp Kennolyn in Santa Cruz the previous two summers, other than that, my main job is getting good grades!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Where did you go to school?<\/strong><br \/>\nSt. Edward\u2019s School, Oxford.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What\u2019s your dream job?<\/strong><br \/>\nInternational lawyer.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Favorite place you\u2019ve traveled?<\/strong><br \/>\nKenya; we stayed in a place called \u201cGeneral\u2019s camp\u201d for a safari and the number of wild lions, rhinos, giraffes, etc. we saw was incredible.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Favorite hobby?<\/strong><br \/>\nTrack and field, specifically long jump.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Of what achievement are you most proud?<\/strong><br \/>\nCounty champion long jumper.<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;Star Trek&#8221; or &#8220;Star Wars&#8221;?<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8220;Star Wards.&#8221; [Editor&#8217;s note: hah!]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Coke or Pepsi?<\/strong><br \/>\nCoke! Duh.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Favorite food?<\/strong><br \/>\nSushi&#8230; Or just anything with sugar in it.<\/p>\n<p>Luckily for Kendall, we have plenty of sugar in the office, and lots of sushi restaurants nearby! Hopefully she&#8217;ll enjoy her summer with us before heading back to England!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The summer is coming to a close, but we decided to add another intern in to the mix. Kendall is joining us for a few weeks to work on a few &#8220;special ops&#8221; projects before heading back the UK to finish off her last year of boarding school. 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