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When I was researching the SRE and Production Engineer role (Google/FB) I found techies fall into 2 camps (on teamblind.com). 1. Do SWE. SRE is a step down. Th
by mettamage 5y ago
When I was researching the SRE and Production Engineer role (Google/FB) I found techies fall into 2 camps (on teamblind.com).
1. Do SWE. SRE is a step down. They didn’t give justification.
2. SRE is useful for any programmer because: you need hardcore OS and networking skills on Linux. You need programming skills. You need sys admin skills. You need system design skills (e.g. live migration of 10K DB servers, while usual automated maintenance should not be interrupted). In some cases, you need hacking skills (for defense). So according to this group, the role is wide and concerns more layers of the stack.
Though not sure if a company calls it devops looks at it in the same way. Google doesn’t call it devops. They claim that SRE implements devops and see devops as an abstract interface.