culture

Every day we get a plethora of reactions to the name CockroachDB. In this blog you'll learn about the meaning and the origin of the name and you can watch customers react to it.

Built In today announced that Cockroach Labs won in six categories on its 2023 Best Places To Work Awards, which include all of the lists we were eligible and nominated for.

Probably the only computer scientist ever to have a warship named after them, the irreverent, sharp-tongued, and brilliant Grace Hopper pioneered the idea of automatic programming, developed the first compiler, and blazed a trail for women in tech.

Crain's has ranked Cockroach Labs #1 in the large companies category of its 2022 Best Places to Work in New York City list. This is the third year in a row Cockroach Labs has received this ranking!

This blog post describes the career journey of Engineering Manager Rebecca Taft - from MIT to Cockroach Labs.

A toast to Edgar F. (Ted) Codd, godfather of the relational database. Ted Codd did for the database what Xerox PARC did for personal computers: made them accessible to everyday humans.

If you are a code newbie, you may be daunted by experienced developers' livestreams. Fear not! Here are four of our favorite beginner-friendly streamers to learn programming.

Cockroach Labs listed on Inc.'s Best Places to Work List for the second year in a row.

Aika Zikibayeva shares how she grew to become a Marketing Manager and how her team makes an outsized impact at Cockroach Labs.

Devonaire Ortiz, Recruiting Programs Manager at Cockroach Labs, details how we use interview rubrics to make hiring more equitable and build better teams in the process.

Waverly Heurtelou, Technical Campus Recruiter, describes how Cockroach Labs is building and growing a recruiting program for the next generation of talent.

No two workplace cultures look the same. At Cockroach Labs, our values drive a culture that makes room for everybody — what happens in the process makes room for joy, too.

Raydijah Walters, People Systems Coordinator, shares the story of her transition from Recruiting to People Systems, leadership of Black@CRL, and building solutions that last.

Roachers on the Cockroach Labs East Sales team share what drove them to join Cockroach Labs, what they value about our culture, and what keeps them closing.

Chelsea Lee, People Development Manager at Cockroach Labs, highlights the importance of developing company values that can change with your team and drive your company culture forward.

Vice President of Sales at Cockroach Labs, Vincent Giacomazza, shares the importance of our "One Team" mindset, teamwork, and what makes a successful salesperson.

Jen Murphy, Head of Channel Sales and Chair of our Women of CRL CREWS, shares her career journey and advice for growing a sales career.

Richard Cai, Member of the Technical Staff, describes how Learning and Development at Cockroach Labs enables his love for continuous learning.

David Delaney, a senior manager on the recruiting team, reflects on how our inclusive parental leave program and the support that follows has benefited him and many other parents at Cockroach Labs.

Our Chief People Officer shares how our work week has evolved with the company and the ways we establish balance at Cockroch Labs.

Our first-ever Rotational Product Manager, Ivory Ibuaka, tells the story of how she learned the Product Management function and made an impact in her first year at Cockroach Labs.

After building our presence in Canada over the course of several years, we're thrilled to announce our first dedicated office in Toronto, right near Union Station! And we are HIRING!

AllSaints needed to move from their MySQL database setup to something that offered high availability and scalability. They found CockroachDB.