Google SRE Prodcast Life of An SRE: Life after Google SRE, with Carla Geisser, Cody Smith, and Laura Nolan
Nov 7, 2023
Former Google SREs discuss site reliability engineering outside of Google. They talk about the transferability of knowledge and skills, implementing circuit breaking and throttling techniques for improved reliability, the importance of understanding system behavior and building trust, the concept of system thinking in SRE, advances in internet reliability and security challenges for SREs.
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Introduction
00:00 • 2min
Transferring Knowledge and Skills
01:42 • 11min
Adding Weekly Production Meeting and Implementing Circuit Breaking and Throttling for Improved Reliability
12:34 • 3min
The Importance of Understanding System Behavior and Building Trust
15:08 • 7min
The Concept of System Thinking in SRE
21:49 • 15min
Reliability of the Internet and Validation Challenges
36:36 • 4min
Reliability and Security Challenges and Advice for SREs
40:36 • 3min
Importance of Culture and Personal Attachment to Reliability Goals
43:36 • 3min