Everyday Encounters: A tech career gives way to quieter days

Tiburon resident Crystal Thomas says she’s enjoying time away from work after 27 years of a ‘schedule that’s hour-by-hour.’ Thomas was reading ‘The Assassin’s Blade’ outside the Belvedere-Tiburon Library on July 29. (Francisco Martinez / The Ark)

Crystal Thomas has a chair outside the Belvedere-Tiburon Library, an umbrella for shade and nowhere she needs to be.

She’s reading “The Assassin’s Blade,” a collection of prequel novellas in author Sarah J. Maas’ “Throne of Glass” fantasy series. Thomas, who has lived in Tiburon for four years, started reading fantasy only earlier this year but already counts herself a fan.

“It’s a little slow to get into because it’s world-building,” Thomas, 47, says July 29. “All the character building and the environment … it’s kind of like ‘Game of Thrones,’ you know — it takes a while to get into.”

She has the time. Thomas is a year into a break from a career in technology, most recently at Google, where she worked in cloud computing and artificial-intelligence infrastructure. She has also worked at Apple and IBM, among other companies.

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