Show Notes
A three-legged stool will not wobble and is stable even on an uneven surface. In this episode, we listen to three Site Reliability Engineers working together to deliver client and business success. Abhay Choudhary, Andrew Lindsay, and Ashley Tate share their journeys that led to the roles they're in today in Data Science, Observability and Automation. The three disciplines resemble a three-legged stool that enables a stable progression for improving solution reliability.
Conversations also took us to what they enjoy the most about their jobs and what they'd prefer to do less of. Abhay, Andrew and Ashley also share with the audience their tips to get started in the SRE profession and ingredients to achieve the SRE outcome.
Things to Listen for:
[02:55 - 06:23] Andrew, Abhay and Ashley's journey that led them to the current role
[06:43 - 13:46] Abhay, Ashley and Andrew sharing what they enjoy the most about what they do
[13:58 - 18:44] Andrew, Ashley and Abhay sharing what they like to do less of
[19:17 - 21:04] Abhay's ah-ha moment for data science
[21:41 - 23:03] Andrew's ah-ha moment for observability
[23:51 - 25:43] Ashley's ah-ha moment - art of asking for help
[26:35 - 30:35] Ashley, Andrew and Abhay's tip for people getting into SRE
[31:08 - 33:28] The SRE Omelette ingredient and recipe from Andrew, Abhay and Ashley
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