Meet the Man Who Keeps Netflix Afloat in the Cloud
May 13, 2013
Grazed from Mashable. Author: Matt Petronzio.
With thousands of film and TV titles available, Netflix is a cloud computing giant — and it needs to be, since it makes up one-third of North American Internet traffic during peak hours. Imagine, then, if it were your job to push Netflix into the cloud, working every day to make the service more accessible and efficient for more than 36 million subscribers in 40 countries.
This dream job belongs to Adrian Cockcroft, director of architecture for Netflix’s Cloud Systems team. As chief cloud architect, Cockcroft works with development managers and engineers across the company to ensure that Netflix is using the cloud to its fullest potential…
But having such an important role at an increasingly popular web service isn’t the only thing that makes it exciting; in general, Netflix’s company atmosphere is conducive to innovation. "The Netflix culture of freedom and responsibility lets us experiment and innovate extremely quickly," Cockcroft says. "It’s still a unique culture, and I think it gets the best out of everyone." We asked Cockcroft what earned him the position, what his average day is like and more about his job, which he says is the most fun he’s ever had…
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