Karrin Ridley was at her old job, working with insurance billing at a doctorâs office in South Pittsburg, Tennessee when she received a message from her husband. He sent her a job posting from Google. They needed employees for the new data center they would be opening in Bridgeport. It was the perfect opportunity.
âThe more I heard about [the data center being built here] and began to see that it was true, the more I hoped and dreamed of one day working here,â said Ridley. âI had pretty much come to the conclusion that if I wanted to work in tech, I would have to commute a couple of hours to and from work each day. That wasnât ideal for me since I still had kids in school at the time.â