I worked at Nutanix for five years, where I used and built nearly a dozen different databases. This experience made me realize how challenging it is to build a database that meets all the requirements. Yugabyte caught my attention with its ability to address reliability, consistency, query layer, transactions, and scalability without performance costs. As someone who wanted to contribute to open source, Karthik suggested I join Yugabyte's team, which was supported by Nutanix Legal. I started contributing to YugabyteDB by exposing Prometheus metrics, then worked on Row Level Geo-Partitioning project, enabling PostgreSQL's Table Partitioning feature in YugabyteDB. The codebase was neat and easy to navigate, with a comprehensive set of unit tests for command-line tools. Working with the team was enjoyable, with talented engineers who were patient and appreciated my contributions. After showcasing my work on Row Level Geo-Partitioning, I received an offer from Yugabyte and started working there, where I'm now working on completing this project and contributing to the company's success.