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School of SRE: Curriculum for onboarding non-traditional hires and new grads

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Re: School of SRE: Curriculum for onboarding non-traditional hires and new grads

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Post by arcturus17 »

dzonga wrote: post #12

with cloud being the talk of the industry these days. how pervasive are SRE roles. I would wager a good system admin | SRE can save a company thousands if they provisioned their own hardware i.e colo instead of cloud instances etc

They could also cost the company ludicrous amounts if they built a Frankenstein at the software layer which made a mess of operations, security or performance.

It’s unlikely that a “good” sysadmin / SRE, or even a team of them, could efficiently replicate the versatility and reliability offered by cloud services.

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Post by vultour »

johnnujler wrote: post #13
nickthemagicman wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Oddly, the Linked-in SRE interview is more challenging, than this.

Although the degree of difficulty w.r.t a question may differ, I think being proficient in these concepts can get you a job. It’s just that most of us struggle with solving problems(in an interview). I think these concepts cover pretty much everything a SRE would need to know.

Knowing these things will absolutely help you get a job. The problem is that most SRE positions expect significant experience, so a "non-traditional" or "college grad" hire will not even be considered regardless of what they know.

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Post by 0xbadcafebee »

vsareto wrote: post #4

Could you actually get an SRE job if you went through this?

As former Presidents of the USA have proved time and again, qualifications are no barrier to getting a job. You could get an SRE job without this. But could you get a decent SRE job with this? Nope.

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Post by paxys »

dzonga wrote: post #12

with cloud being the talk of the industry these days. how pervasive are SRE roles. I would wager a good system admin | SRE can save a company thousands if they provisioned their own hardware i.e colo instead of cloud instances etc

Considering LinkedIn is owned by Microsoft they don't exactly need their own hosting.

Re: School of SRE: Curriculum for onboarding non-traditional hires and new grads

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Post by chrisseaton »

itsmemattchung wrote: post #15
fractionalhare wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Typically means someone without traditional credentials, such as a college degree or any work experience.

Wish the article would explicitly spell it out. It wasn't obvious from reading it that traditional == college degree (or work experience).

What do you think the traditional education is for a software engineer?
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