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Funny story about datacenters, I worked on optimizing algorithmic performance for 4 years at one the big 4 but I was never allowed in a datacenter because I did

by chirau 10y ago

Funny story about datacenters, I worked on optimizing algorithmic performance for 4 years at one the big 4 but I was never allowed in a datacenter because I didn't have a green card. So my team would go on and explore whilst i had beers in the lobby.

avar 10y ago
Can you elaborate on that? Wasn't it a private facility? Why is your green card status relevant to that? Were they hosting government assets and that was a requirement on the government's part? In that case odd that it's "green card" and not "citizenship".
- optimuspaul 10y ago
  maybe by "green card" they mean a green light didn't light up when he scanned his access card. <badum-ching>
  - user5994461 10y ago
    He likely means the "green card" as in the green card. Datacenters are sensitive facilities. It's not surprising that they block entrance to many people. From what I've seen in Europe, I can remember a couple of places in military, datacenters and national research centers where it's clearly written "European Only" on the jobs.
    - mynameislegion 10y ago
      Whats the green card?
      - jodrellblank 10y ago
        https://www.usa.gov/green-cards https://www.usa.gov/green-cards "A Green Card (Permanent Resident Card): Gives you official immigration status in the United States. Entitles you to certain rights and responsibilities. Is required if you wish to naturalize as a U.S. Citizen"
- chirau 10y ago
  Yes, they had DoD and DoE assets. They are very specific about who can go in there.
djtriptych 10y ago
My guess is he was a contractor and not a FT employee?
ChuckMcM 10y ago
That is funny. When I toured the supernap data center in Las Vegas (Blekko was thinking about locating a cluster there) they had a very elaborate security theatre sort of thing going on. Presumably they wanted to impress me at how secure it was. Clearly it was amusing as one of the sysadmins from a company there pulled me aside and said not to worry, once you had a contract it was a lot simpler to go in and out.

by chirau 10y ago

avar 10y ago

Can you elaborate on that? Wasn't it a private facility? Why is your green card status relevant to that? Were they hosting government assets and that was a requirement on the government's part? In that case odd that it's "green card" and not "citizenship".

optimuspaul 10y ago
maybe by "green card" they mean a green light didn't light up when he scanned his access card. <badum-ching>
- user5994461 10y ago
  He likely means the "green card" as in the green card. Datacenters are sensitive facilities. It's not surprising that they block entrance to many people. From what I've seen in Europe, I can remember a couple of places in military, datacenters and national research centers where it's clearly written "European Only" on the jobs.
  - mynameislegion 10y ago
    Whats the green card?
    - jodrellblank 10y ago
      https://www.usa.gov/green-cards https://www.usa.gov/green-cards "A Green Card (Permanent Resident Card): Gives you official immigration status in the United States. Entitles you to certain rights and responsibilities. Is required if you wish to naturalize as a U.S. Citizen"
chirau 10y ago
Yes, they had DoD and DoE assets. They are very specific about who can go in there.

djtriptych 10y ago

My guess is he was a contractor and not a FT employee?

ChuckMcM 10y ago

That is funny. When I toured the supernap data center in Las Vegas (Blekko was thinking about locating a cluster there) they had a very elaborate security theatre sort of thing going on. Presumably they wanted to impress me at how secure it was. Clearly it was amusing as one of the sysadmins from a company there pulled me aside and said not to worry, once you had a contract it was a lot simpler to go in and out.