Author: Tiara Rea

Here at Lunarpages, we’ve done a variety of interviews with some of the most influential people in the web hosting, design, and internet trades. From Craig (of Craig’s List fame) to Eric Meyer (the infamous CSS guru), we’ve covered many of the people you recommended to us. However, we have been leaving out some of the best people in the industry, the people who really make web hosting (and Lunarpages specifically) what it is today – our staff members!

So how hard do you really think it’d be to wrangle a couple minutes from one of our Junior Systems Administrators for a quick interview? Apparently, it’s really hard, as I tried to set this interview up months ago and it took Andrew Delira until several days ago to get back to me. But I’m not bitter.

So Andrew, you are literally one of the busiest people we have working here at Lunarpages Web Hosting. What exactly do you do?

Better question: what don’t I do? I answer customer support tickets, grab calls, monitor servers, set up shared and Dedicated servers, as well as miscellaneous projects like seeking out vendors for all our kinky data center hardware and working out prices with specific salesmen. Most of the time, that means telling them the price they need to charge us :)~  I’m lways looking into new technology, seeking out new datacenters for Lunarpages…that’s just a bit – the rest is uber top secret.

How long have you worked for Lunarpages?

5 months away from the big 3! Someone ought to throw me a party.

Statistics show the following is a proven fact: working for Lunarpages makes you cool. Would you agree, and is the rumor true that this is the main reason you work here?

Of course – if you don’t work here you are not cool… Okay, just kidding, but it really does help with the ladies.

Do you have a life outside of Lunarpages? Be honest.

Unfortunately not anymore! When I go home after work, all I do is hibernate.

At night, which of the following would you rather be doing: taking a long walk on the beach, snuggling up with a fellow Lunarpages employee, or caressing the newest tech gadget on the market? (please keep it PG for the kiddies)

I would have to admit, taking a long walk on the beach to buy the newest tech gadget from someone on Craigslist sounds pretty good right about now.

What was the first computer you ever owned?

The very first computer I owned was an Apple Classic, the little square one about the size of a shoe box with a tiny monitor that is most likely the cause of my jacked-up eyes… I remember playing Oregon Trail on that for hours and hours and always dying from dysentery. Ah, those were the days. I actually still have a Mac, too!

Do you have favorite sites you surf to on the internet?

Myspace.com is definitely a fav, mostly because it’s addictive. Also, Apple.com for obvious reasons, and lately iPhoneHacks.com has been on my top 10 list.

Do you have a website hosted with Lunarpages?

Yes I have do (AndrewDelira.com); however I haven’t updated it in about a year and a half. *shameful smile*

What’s more important to you in a web host: uptime or price?

I would have to say price, seeing as my site isn’t very popular, but if I had a million visitors/day, I’d go for uptime. It all depends on what you’re using the site for. A good web host (i.e. Lunarpages!) will offer both.

What would you do if you no longer worked for Lunarpages?

Ugh, what a nightmare! If I no longer worked for Lunarpages, I would totally be living under a bridge in New York. I love New York, so I keep telling LP we need a DC in NY!

And lastly, Amy’s favorite question/scenario: Imagine that the internet is GONE. OMG, what would you do??

Another nightmare! I’d probably just eat, sleep, and watch talk shows all day long.

Well Andrew, thanks for finally making some time for us – I know the customers really appreciate hearing from someone who takes care of their servers all day long.

If you guys have any suggestions for future staff interviews, please let us know!

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