Career in Tech

Reflecting On Three Years At Databricks

Three years ago I wrote about why I decided to join Databricks.  I’d like to take a moment now to reflect on how things have gone since then. How Was My Third Year at Databricks? My third year at Databricks was an interesting one. The most surprising and busiest of them so far. I noticed recently I’d been at the company longer than 70% of employees which feels kind of crazy, I still feel like I’m trying to get my feet under me – perhaps at this pace they never are. My focus this year was mostly on scaling and setting up my next chapter of work. I’ve now largely accomplished what I originally came to Databricks to do – build a world class billing team and the foundation for the commerce systems needed to scale our company’s revenue past $10B/year. At the end of last year, I had hoped