Thank you for taking on the challenge, and thank you for your contributions to the service and the team, even if it wasn't overtly recognized at the time.
Fun story: After leading what may have been the largest tape backup service in the world at the time, and thus gaining unique experience and perspective, I joined a growing social network company back in 2012 to lead other areas of "data infrastructure". I was chatting with our VP/Global Head of Engineering in my first week, and he said to me "I'd rather gouge out my eyes with a spoon than use tape". Fast forward half a decade, I'd moved on to a different opportunity, and I get an outreach from their head of capacity and engineering asking if I'd meet to consult on my experiences with tape backup at planet scale. The more things change, the more they stay the same.
And a fine solution tape is: https://gmail.googleblog.com/2011/02/
Thank you for taking on the challenge, and thank you for your contributions to the service and the team, even if it wasn't overtly recognized at the time.
Fun story: After leading what may have been the largest tape backup service in the world at the time, and thus gaining unique experience and perspective, I joined a growing social network company back in 2012 to lead other areas of "data infrastructure". I was chatting with our VP/Global Head of Engineering in my first week, and he said to me "I'd rather gouge out my eyes with a spoon than use tape". Fast forward half a decade, I'd moved on to a different opportunity, and I get an outreach from their head of capacity and engineering asking if I'd meet to consult on my experiences with tape backup at planet scale. The more things change, the more they stay the same.
Hmm