{"id":87178,"date":"2019-03-08T08:00:24","date_gmt":"2019-03-08T16:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/?p=87178"},"modified":"2025-07-21T14:23:56","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T21:23:56","slug":"welcome-elliot-data-center-tech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/welcome-elliot-data-center-tech\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome Elliot: Data Center Tech"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Elliot\"<\/a><\/p>\n

As we cross 750 petabytes<\/a> and march towards 800, we need more people in the data enter helping us keep our over 100,000 hard drives spinning! To help us with that, Elliot came aboard! Let’s learn a bit more about Elliot shall we?<\/p>\n

What is your Backblaze title? <\/strong>
\nData Center Tech.<\/p>\n

Where are you originally from?<\/strong>
\nSan Francisco.<\/p>\n

What attracted you to Backblaze?<\/strong>
\nThe Strong Coffee….And working on PC’s is my dream job!<\/p>\n

What do you expect to learn while being at Backblaze?<\/strong>
\nHow to expand my server knowledge.<\/p>\n

Where else have you worked?<\/strong>
\nGenentech.<\/p>\n

Where did you go to school?<\/strong>
\nBear River, Heald College.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s your dream job?<\/strong>
\nPC build and repair specialist.<\/p>\n

Favorite place you\u2019ve traveled?<\/strong>
\nHolland.<\/p>\n

Favorite hobby?<\/strong>
\nBumping my tunage.<\/p>\n

Of what achievement are you most proud?<\/strong>
\nTo be honest landing this job has been a dream come true!<\/p>\n

Star Trek or Star Wars?<\/strong>
\nBoth.<\/p>\n

Coke or Pepsi? <\/strong>
\nCoke.<\/p>\n

Favorite food? <\/strong>
\nDim Sum.<\/p>\n

Why do you like certain things?<\/strong>
\nBecause I love being part of a team.<\/p>\n

Anything else you\u2019d like you\u2019d like to tell us?<\/strong>
\nThis job feels like the best decision of my life. I really appreciate everyone giving me a chance.<\/p>\n

Welcome aboard Elliot. Thanks for coming along with us and helping keep our data centers running!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As we cross 750 petabytes and march towards 800, we need more people in the data enter helping us keep our over 100,000 hard drives spinning! To help us with that, Elliot came aboard! Let’s learn a bit more about Elliot shall we? What is your Backblaze title? Data Center Tech. 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