Reliability Enablers

DORA metrics are a hot topic among technology executives in all kinds of enterprise. But there's more to engineering culture than solely relying on the numbers it goes you. We have a rare treat for you because Ash got Tim Wheeler on the pod. He doesn't do much of social media or podcast episodes. Tim is Director of Engineering Excellence at SquaredUp where he follows the DORA metrics but emphasizes starting conversations around them rather than setting directives. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit read.srepath.com

How can you grow as an SRE? You've probably thought about your career progression at some point. Ash put together his initial thoughts on this topic. Listen on to learn how he unpacks the first idea of "You don't get promotions with tenure". This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit read.srepath.com

Jade Rubick needs no introduction in the reliability and observability space. He was VP of Engineering at New Relic from 2010 to 2019. It was my pleasure to take on his non-obvious ideas on managing expectations with teams, especially platform-based teams. We had a few spicy ideas to dive into.We also touched on topics like enhancing engineering practices, DORA metrics, and so much more. Be sure to listen all the way through to learn Jade's amazing insights. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit read.srepath.com

Yury Niño Roa, a cloud infrastructure engineer at Google’s Professional Services Organization, shares her insights on Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) consulting. She reveals how Google collaborates with clients to enhance their SRE practices and discusses common antipatterns she encounters. The conversation dives into the complexities of SRE, emphasizing the need for cultural shifts and mindset changes for successful implementation. Yury also highlights the importance of chaos engineering in disaster recovery, showcasing Google's innovative strategies for resilience.

Sebastian is back for this episode to help set out direction for 2024. We reflected during the holidays on the problems SREs faced in 2023 in terms of job insecurity, burnout, and "that really shouldn't be my sole job". Sebastian and I talked about what we hope to bring to the community in 2024 to make SREs and SRE teams stronger, happier, and healthier at their work. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit read.srepath.com

Join Ash Patel and Stephen Townshend for a friendly chat about what they've learned in SRE as 2023 comes toward a wrap! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit read.srepath.com

Ash Patel talks with John Hyland who ran the Ignite Program at New Relic, which is dedicated to developing early career engineers.John shares insights about driving better outcomes for the organization and the early career professionals who join them. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit read.srepath.com

Ash Patel talks with Troy Koss who is the Director of SRE at CapitalOne, an early adopter of DevOps and SRE in the banking sector. He shares insights on working in regulated industries like banking telecom with his early work experience being at Verizon, a US telecom. Troy shares his thoughts on building stronger SRE individual contributors and emphasizes the importance of education as pivotal to ongoing reliability success. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit read.srepath.com

Ash Patel talks with Rick Boone who is a pioneer in SRE, having been an early AppOps engineer at Facebook and Uber's first SRE hire. He shares amazing stories from those pioneering days. Rick also draws from his experience to share his insights on how to build stronger SRE teams, as well as support effective career progression for individual contributor SREs. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit read.srepath.com

Ash Patel interviews Sreejith Chelchery who is SVP of Delivery and Infrastructure Engineering at Dotdash Meredith. Sreejith shares his journey from programming analyst in Bangalore, India, to now being an executive responsible for platform engineering, DevOps, and SRE at a media giant in New York City.He gives a glimpse into how his team saved his organization over $9 million in cloud computing costs, how they started an internal developer platform well before Backstage was around, and more. Sreejith also sheds light on how changemakers and advocates like SREs can win over business and other non-technical stakeholders. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit read.srepath.com