25 Years of Liquid Web: Nick Cappelletti

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Nick Cappelletti’s first job, mowing lawns, stays certainly one of his favorite jobs he’s ever had. “I spent the summers outside,” he says, “and worked with friends I knew from school.” Cappelletti grew up in DeWitt, Michigan, where he still lives, staying near home apart from the 12 months he spent overseas as a Marine.

Cappelletti began at Liquid Web in November 2006. He began in Support and was there for about eight months before moving to Security, where he worked for a couple of 12 months. As Liquid Web grew, the corporate needed more people in Networking. He has been working for Liquid Web as a Network Engineer and Software Developer ever since.

The early days of Liquid Web were often stressful, Cappelletti recalls. “On the time, there have been only about 15 individuals who worked here, they usually were all very technical,” he says. “I got here to Liquid Web with development and sysadmin experience, but I didn’t know the systems at Liquid Web, so the knowledge gap between me and the others was intimidating.”

Though those early days might be trying, Cappelletti remembers fondly the after-work outings the then-small team would take. “We’d bar hop in a limo. All of us — well, most of us… someone needed to work — would pile right into a limo and go from bar to bar. And our Friday meetings we might have with food provided from the corporate was all the time enjoyable,” he says.

“The scope of tech that I’m acquainted with hasn’t modified all that much through the years,” Cappelletti says. “I began at Liquid Web as a tech, working on servers, moved to Networking, working on routers and switches, but now develop totally on servers to automate the network gear. The largest change I’ve noticed is the dimensions of connections we’ve to the Web. We began with a number of 1G connections, moved to an OC-48 (about 2.5G), then to 10G, and now we’re deploying 100G connections.”

What keeps Cappelletti going are the each day challenges—especially with developing and coding. “I benefit from the challenge that working at Liquid Web offers,” he says. “I often have a laundry list of things I would like or must work on. Occasionally there’s the ‘fire’ that requires me to place all the pieces aside, which is stressful, but so rewarding—especially when the issue might be identified and glued quickly.” Cappelletti also loves the soundness that his profession at Liquid Web has provided. “My family motivates me. Providing a snug, secure home is very important to me.”

Cappelletti primarily works remotely but occasionally heads into the office to attach with people. “I enjoy, immensely, working from home,” he says. “Working 7 – 3, I might need to get up my kids early and take them somewhere in order that they could then wait to get on the bus. Now, they’ll sleep in, take their time, and I can see them off to highschool. As much as I enjoy seeing people at work, I discovered people coming to my desk distracting, especially once I was in the course of coding. Now, it’s just my dog and me.”

For Cappelletti, a favourite office memory is the primary holiday season he worked at Liquid Web. “We were all given gifts. One person was given a small remote-controlled helicopter that he decided to fly right above my head while I used to be on a call with a customer. It was so loud the shopper asked if I used to be mowing the lawn. I ended up grabbing the helicopter mid-air.”

Outside of labor, Cappelletti enjoys exercising—specifically lifting weights, Taekwondo, running, or biking. “I’ve done dozens of half marathons. I’m a black belt in Taekwondo and help teach,” he says. “A date for my wife and me often means we’re going for a 4- to 6-mile run without the youngsters.” He also enjoys home automation and programming at home. “Yes,” he says, “my hobby is my job.”

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