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SRE is a wild ride :) I was a Google SRE for two years. Three months after joining I was about to go oncall for the first time and I was worried about "what ha
by ggambetta 11y ago
SRE is a wild ride :)
I was a Google SRE for two years. Three months after joining I was about to go oncall for the first time and I was worried about "what happens if I get paged!"
The first day of my first shift, before lunch, I got paged twelve times. It was trial by fire. My teammates coined the term "Gabriel Shift" to describe an oncall shift when everything catches fire at the same time.
It was stressful, but I did miss the adrenaline when I moved to SWE. It's cliche, but it made me feel alive :)
To my former brothers in arms: THIS IS A PAGE FROM TELEBOT. TELEBOT TELEBOT TELEBOT.
- dekhn 11y agoACK
- ggambetta 11y agoSTFU So many stories of texting "STFU" to your SO and "I love you" to Telebot...
- sammydavis 11y agoAh, STFU was the most wonderful command. When I was on call for my service at the big G as a swe, we dreamed of the day that the SREs would take over.
- ggambetta 11y agoI was part of the amazing SCUD SRE team (Zürich branch) which shepherded many services through PRR, including Dremel. We also built a SCUD SRE rocket. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPlJgQsUJvA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPlJgQsUJvA