Major Hayden

Major Hayden is a Linux Systems Engineer at Rackspace working on cloud technologies. His focus is on server virtualization, but he also specializes in system administration as well as database administration. Major is a Red Hat Certified Engineer and a Certified MySQL Database Administrator.

Outside of work, Major dedicates to open source Linux projects and likes to spend time with his five pet Chinchillas. He has lived in San Antonio, TX since 2003 and is a graduate of University of Texas San Antonio.

Connect with Major on Twitter (@RackerHacker)!

Recent posts by Major Hayden:

Success with Stress

by on July 12, 2011
Success with Stress
Although Rackspace has one of the best work environments of any company I've worked for, there are plenty of opportunities to become stressed. Stress can come from a variety of sources. Some of the obvious ones involve dealing with outages…

Learning By Looking Back

by on December 16, 2010
Learning By Looking Back
December marks my fourth year at Rackspace and I'm finding myself looking back at how it all started.  Someone once told me "reflecting on where you've been can help you get to where you want to go."  That has always…

Why I’m a Racker

by on March 7, 2010
Why I'm a Racker
One of the questions I hear most often from technical people working at other companies is: "Why should I work at Rackspace?"  It's a simple question and one that many Rackers are very passionate about. In my previous work, personal…