{"id":91476,"date":"2019-07-10T08:00:48","date_gmt":"2019-07-10T15:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/?p=91476"},"modified":"2025-07-21T13:40:55","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T20:40:55","slug":"welcome-mike-senior-systems-administrator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/welcome-mike-senior-systems-administrator\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome Mike — Senior Systems Administrator"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The data center keeps growing, with well over 500 petabytes<\/a> of data under management, so we need more systems administrators to help us keep track of all the systems as our operation expands. Our latest systems administrator is Mike! Let\u2019s learn a bit more about him, shall we?<\/p>\n

What is your Backblaze title?<\/strong>
\nSr. systems administrator.<\/p>\n

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

What attracted you to Backblaze?<\/strong>
\nThe culture of the company.<\/p>\n

What do you expect to learn while being at Backblaze?<\/strong>
\nSpeed and reliability of the Backblaze products, and how to make beer.<\/p>\n

Where else have you worked?<\/strong>
\nYahoo, Google, Dialpad, GrandCentral, Standard & Poors, Care2.<\/p>\n

Where did you go to school?<\/strong>
\nMission College\/San Jose State.<\/p>\n

What’s your dream job?<\/strong>
\nTo watch and report the daily surf forecast on the south side of Maui.<\/p>\n

Of what achievements are you most proud of?<\/strong>
\nBeing the best dad in the world.<\/p>\n

Why do you like certain things?<\/strong>
\nIf it makes me smile then I will like it.<\/p>\n

Favorite place you’ve traveled?<\/strong>
\nJapan.<\/p>\n

Favorite hobby?<\/strong>
\nDreaming.<\/p>\n

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

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

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

Anything else you’d like to tell us?<\/strong>
\nI don’t sleep.<\/p>\n

Welcome to the Backblaze team, Mike! We are excited for you to learn about the speed and reliability of our products and how to make beer — both are very great skills to have working here!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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