3 ms·
> Site Reliability Engineers (SREs) sits at the intersection of software engineering and systems engineering Call me a purist, but there is nothing in SRE that
by OrvalWintermute 3y ago
> Site Reliability Engineers (SREs) sits at the intersection of software engineering and systems engineering
Call me a purist, but there is nothing in SRE that relates to what I consider the engineering discipline of Systems Engineering e.g. https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/nasa_systems_engineering_handbook_0.pdf https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/nasa_sy... & https://sebokwiki.org/wiki/Guide_to_the_Systems_Engineering_Body_of_Knowledge_(SEBoK) https://sebokwiki.org/wiki/Guide_to_the_Systems_Engineering_...
This sounds more like the intersection of software development, applications, and operating systems
- nskallajrbr 3y agoYou emitted your opinion but could you elaborate on why you think so?
- OrvalWintermute 3y agoWe're very casual about throwing out the term "engineering", and maybe this came from the deceptive way in which Microsoft came up with the Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer certification which then entered the lexicon, or the use of the term operating systems. True Engineering is not software development, and vice versa. The knowledge required to be an excellent engineer is not the same knowledge required to be an excellent software developer, and vice versa. Even if we look at the most software centric parts of engineering in the fundamentals exam for the PE, we see a huge emphasis on the physical world that is key for Electronics Engineers, but not for a software developer https://ncees.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/FE-Electrical-and-Computer-CBT-specs.pdf https://ncees.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/FE-Electrical-a...