Ali Smets

I decided to leave 𝕏 with 71 workdays shy of 6 years. My time at 𝕏 was filled with monumental infrastructure achievements, that make 𝕏 and X.AI what they are today. The amount of messages I have received from my network is overwhelming in the best way. It was such a tough decision to move forward with the next chapter of growth opportunity 💙 I owe so much of my career growth to general mentality and encouragement from high level women and male allies supporting other women early in their careers with in tech. Thread below.

I said 4/20 in a call today and it took everything inside me not to make a joke or even smirk 😏

Netflix is a hot topic here it seems #AWSMandESymposium

@elonmusk make a feature to search comments in a post

Mama cheetah licking her Cheeto <3

Summer celebrations at the @netflix Los Gatos office ☺️🌞

Burningman 2024 was the best one yet #burningman

It wasn’t a full marathon but feeling accomplished none the less 🥳 #SFmarathon

@dbatura @Meta @WhatsApp Lol you are spot on! ☺️🐾

@AliSmets @Meta @WhatsApp Tito in his natural habitat!! 🥰

Messed around with @Meta’s free AI tool Llama 3 on @WhatsApp - came up with these niche photo gems 😍 which one is your favorite?

lol life is funny

@ana13aguilar @netflix Miss you too! ❤️❤️

@AliSmets @netflix Congratulations beautiful!!!! Miss you❤️

Thrilled to announce my next career chapter at @Netflix as an Infrastructure Planner, supporting Open Connect’s global network! Grateful for the support that has led to this opportunity and excited to chase more industry disrupting tech evolutions! #Netflix #OpenConnect #DayOne

@seeMOUSErun I did an 11 day cruise, but with total travel time it ended up being 14 days! 100% needs to be on your bucket list 💙 it’s an amazing place

@AliSmets Whoa!!! Those whale shots! How long were you down there? What an experience! Definitely on my bucketlist.

Some of my favorite photography from my trip to Antartica, Neko Bay. 🌎🇦🇶

Update: I saw penguins today 🐧

@Delta one for the middle part of this journey isn’t bad. JFK to Bueno Aires, Argentina, let’s go!

Passport in hand, the journey to the end of the earth has begun

@elonmusk What about Antartica? Currently here now and the ship’s Starlink has extreme latency.

Good progress by the SpaceX Starlink team on reducing ping (latency)!