{"id":87191,"date":"2019-02-20T08:00:25","date_gmt":"2019-02-20T16:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/?p=87191"},"modified":"2025-07-23T07:00:46","modified_gmt":"2025-07-23T14:00:46","slug":"welcome-brad-junior-support-technician","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/welcome-brad-junior-support-technician\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome Brad: Junior Support Technician"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

As Backblaze continues to grow, we need great people to take care of our customers’ questions and make sure they have a good experience with our service. The latest person to join our support team is Brad. Let’s learn a bit more about Brad, shall we?<\/p>\n

What is your Backblaze title? <\/strong>
\nJunior Support Tech<\/p>\n

Where are you originally from?<\/strong>
\nSan Jose, CA<\/p>\n

What attracted you to Backblaze?<\/strong>
\nGood word of mouth.<\/p>\n

What do you expect to learn while being at Backblaze?<\/strong>
\nSupport skills.<\/p>\n

Where else have you worked?<\/strong>
\nPro-Transport 1.<\/p>\n

Where did you go to school?<\/strong>
\nSan Jose, CA.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s your dream job?<\/strong>
\nSomewhere with a consistent flow of fixing things and helping people.<\/p>\n

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

Favorite hobby?<\/strong>
\nVideo games.<\/p>\n

Of what achievement are you most proud?<\/strong>
\nBecoming a paramedic.<\/p>\n

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

Coke or Pepsi? <\/strong>
\nWater?<\/p>\n

Favorite food? <\/strong>
\nBurritos.<\/p>\n

Why do you like certain things?<\/strong>
\nProbably a combination of dopamine responses and social reinforcement.<\/p>\n

Anything else you\u2019d like you\u2019d like to tell us? <\/strong>
\nSomething clever and witty something something.<\/p>\n

Welcome aboard Brad and thanks for that clever and very witty something something!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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