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> How to Build Software Like an Site Reliability Engineer Acronyms don't excuse poor grammar.

• pxx 4y ago
  The "S" in "SRE" is pronounced "ess" which would take an "an" as the article. The title is grammatically correct. You would also say "an FBI agent" or sending "an SOS message."
• jasonhansel 4y ago
  No, "an SRE" is correct here; it's actually "a SRE" that would be bad grammar. Whether you use "a" or "an" depends on whether the next word starts with a vowel sound, not with a vowel letter; since the letter "S" is pronounced "ess" in an acronym, you would write "an SRE," but "a Site Reliability Engineer."
• unfunco 4y ago
  It's an initialism, not an acronym. And _an_ SRE is correct.
  • morelisp 4y ago
    I have bad news for you about something I heard a recruiter say a couple weeks ago!