Imo a sysadmin that transitions to sre has a higher capacity for immediate impact, and a higher propensity for long term toil increase. A dev moving to sre wil

Imo a sysadmin that transitions to sre has a higher capacity for immediate impact, and a higher propensity for long term toil increase. A dev moving to sre will often need to be taught the importance of documentation, how to have smaller immediate impacts and a customer service mindset. Theres a middle ground that is difficult to find, but is essential to balance the value you bring to the company with the amount of future work you're making for yourself. Some of the worst sre I've seen involve a dev taking the title and refusing to support, collaborate, or communicate. Alongside a former sysadmin that refused to document, bypassed ci/cd process, and constantly declared tasks as impossible. When I'm interviewing a sre candidate I focus on identifying if this person has behaviors that make them Ill suited for sre. Technical skill is often easily faked, and your behaviors around how you admit you don't know are more telling than you not knowing.