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A Day in the Life of A Facebook Engineer

What's it like working as an engineer on one of the world's busiest web sites? At Velocity 2010, Facebook System Engineer Tom Cook provided a glimpse inside the operations team with his "Day in the Life" presentation.

What's it like working as an engineer on one of the world's busiest web sites? At Velocity 2010, Facebook System Engineer Tom Cook provided a glimpse inside the operations team with his "Day in the Life" presentation. Cook provides a high-level overview of Facebook, reviews some statistics on the site's usage, data center footprint and the software used to power the site. This video runs about 40 minutes.

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