Growth-Hacking Impact: Why I’m Joining Databricks
When I look at every wave of computing — be it the advent of mobile or the Internet — there’s a core theme of their underpinnings. The power behind the most impactful technologies, though often invisible, has been robust developer platforms. These platforms spur innovation, creativity and collaboration at a truly global scale and speed...
Paths Crossed Again
If you are interested in working on cutting edge technical problems such as managing millions of VMs every day with top-caliber engineers like Trustin, visit our Careers page to explore open software engineer positions and other global opportunities. A Korean proverb many Koreans like myself often forget is: 옷깃만 스쳐도 인연. Merely brushing by someone...
Establishing Your Career Path: Lessons Brought to You by Databricks’ Women in Sales
Women in Sales (WIS) is a global employee networking group (ERG) at Databricks dedicated to helping women accelerate their careers in sales. On October 13th, 2020, WIS hosted Heather Akuiyibo, VP of Commercial and Mid Market Sales for North America, Shelby Ferson, Sr. Commercial Sales Manager for Australia & New Zealand, and Jerry Weitzman, SVP...
Fatal Force: Exploring Police Shootings With SQL Analytics
Introduction Data has shown that police in the United States kill civilians at a rate far higher than police in other wealthy countries.1 In 2019, law enforcement in the U.S. killed 33.5 civilians per 10 million people, compared to 1.3 in Germany and 0.5 in the U.K.2 This use of deadly force falls disproportionately on...
Building the Latinx Network and Celebrating Our Heritage
Virtual performance from Mariachi Sol Mixteco during the Cafe con Leche event This past spring, we launched our Latinx Network Employee Resource Group with a lot of excitement. We co-founded this group to foster a comunidad (community) that supports, learns and grows together. We love the diversity of our culture and want to embrace it...
It was a Virtual Summer!
Our Summer 2020 Intern Olympics Kick-Off Event This summer Databricks hosted a completely virtual intern program, in which interns around the world worked on projects to help data teams solve the world’s toughest problems. Our interns were introduced to their teams and quickly got to work on their summer projects. Alongside their project work, interns...
It’s a Good Time to be a Brickster!
Despite what has been an incredibly challenging year for so many, both personally and professionally, we are proud to have a more passionate and engaged team of Bricksters than ever. And we’re fortunate that our momentum hasn’t slowed down - if anything, it's accelerated. Databricks now has nearly 1,500 employees worldwide, and nearly 40% of...
Women’s Equality Day: Cultivating Leadership, Communication and Negotiation Skills
Databricks is committed to fostering an environment that promotes equality and inclusion. For Women’s Equality Day on August 26, we invited Coco Brown, founder and CEO of Athena Alliance — a digital platform dedicated to revolutionizing leadership — to present a talk about women in leadership and the path to the boardroom. This talk highlighted...
Celebrating Pride Month at Databricks
With Pride month coming to an end, Databricks’ newest Employee Resource Group, Queeries Network, is looking back at how we celebrated. The mission of this group is to create opportunities to come together to discuss topics important to the LGBTQ+ community, network and build community. To celebrate Pride Month, our Queeries Network Employee Resource Group...
Online Learning with Databricks
Recently, a gentleman named Scott Galloway was featured in an article in New York Magazine about how Covid-19 is breaking the higher education business model. The article led to an invitation to a live interview with Anderson Cooper (full transcript of that interview can be found here). When I watched that segment and saw Anderson...
