# I came to infrastructure from the data side

> I am an SRE. Based in Rexburg, Idaho.

Source: https://christwentyfour.com/about

## Bio

I started as a data analyst, building predictive models and web scrapers. Then I was a marketing director, where I used Elasticsearch to analyze competitor sites. I found I would rather build the tool than present the slide about it.

I have done infrastructure full time since 2021, and I have freelanced since 2017. Day to day that means cloud infrastructure as code, delivery pipelines, observability, and incident response. I still measure before I argue. That habit is most of [how I work](https://christwentyfour.com/#what-strategy-is).

## Open to work

I'm open to Senior SRE roles. Resume:
[PDF](https://christwentyfour.com/public/resume/Chris_Roos_Resume.pdf?v=79e18367e9) or
[DOCX](https://christwentyfour.com/public/resume/Chris_Roos_Resume.docx?v=0e61686472).

## What I read

Some of what I believe came from books. I keep [a list of the books that changed my thinking](https://christwentyfour.com/reading), each linked to where the idea shows up here.

## The book

Outside of infrastructure, I am writing *The Next 50 Years*, about what happens when everything we built on growth runs out of people. The second draft is free to read.

[The Next 50 Years](https://book.christwentyfour.com/the_next_50_years/v2/)
— second draft, free to read

What happens when everything we built on growth runs out of people.

## Getting in touch

I read everything that comes in. The fastest routes are
[LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/christopher-roos-969138118/)
and [email](mailto:christopher.roos@christwentyfour.com).