Helping To Build Cloudflare, Part 1: How I came to work here

John Graham-Cumming shares his journey of joining and growing with Cloudflare. He started as a lone member in the London office, which has now expanded to almost 200 people. His path to Cloudflare began with writing an open source machine learning email filter program called POPFile, speaking at conferences, and staying connected with Matthew Prince, CEO of Cloudflare. Today, he serves as CTO of the company. Graham-Cumming emphasizes the importance of sharing knowledge through open source projects, public speaking, and collaboration. He also discusses the challenges faced by startups and the need for honesty in acknowledging difficulties.