I worked on the self driving car project at Google up until a bit before it renamed to Waymo. I worked on all the various drive-by-wire systems on that low spee

I worked on the self driving car project at Google up until a bit before it renamed to Waymo. I worked on all the various drive-by-wire systems on that low speed vehicle we built. When that project wrapped up, we were starting to figure out the Pacifica minivan integration. A former co-worker from SpaceX invited me to grab a beer, and told me about Zipline. I came by for a tour, and they surprised me with a full day of interviews. I was a good sport about it, and they were clearly desperate for someone with my skill-set. I've been at Zipline for over 6 years now. It's been a great, supportive place to work with relatively low drama. The company had about 30 people when I joined, and now it's grown to many hundreds and I'm one of the most senior employees. Coinciding with Zipline, I got married, and my wife and I made a beautiful daughter, and we're expecting our second daughter in a few months. The firehose of Google money was nice, but it isn't what made me the most wealth over the years. I've had good success with stock options in startups, having joined SpaceX in 2010, and Zipline in 2016. Zipline is still quite risky, but I am optimistic that we'll pan out long term!