This intern's journey into distributed databases began with an internship at Snowflake and the FoundationDB team, where they worked on CDC mechanisms. They then joined Yugabyte for their final internship, eager to work on a distributed SQL database. The intern was part of the core team that implemented automatic tablet splitting in YugabyteDB, which allows for more efficient splitting of large tablets into smaller ones. This feature was crucial in preventing system saturation when dealing with many requested splits. The intern also worked on improving the consensus algorithm by implementing Multi-Raft, a batching approach that reduces CPU usage and improves network efficiency. Through their experience at Yugabyte, the intern gained valuable knowledge of distributed systems and databases, solidifying their interest in this field.