Day in the Life of a Site Reliability Engineer | Remote work due to shelter-in-place order

Hi everyone, first and foremost, I hope that you're all doing well as you can be right now and staying safe. I made this video to be transparent about what a Site Reliability Engineer might be tasked with on a day-to-day basis. If you have any questions or suggestions please don't hesitate to post them and I will get back to you as soon as I can.

The video contains a not so average Monday due to the shelter-in-place order that my state ordered.

Remote work is nothing new in technology. I wanted to provide a full day which might help someone that is otherwise not accustomed to remote work or wants to break into the industry.

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EDIT:
I got hit with a copyright claim so I updated the music.

This was shot and edited with an iPhone and iMovie

[Allegra]

just got hired as a new grad SRE about two weeks ago, i start in june. you seem like a super smart guy!

[myothercarisadelorean]

I've been working in IT field for over 10 years. Last 5 years to now I've been working in a NOC and really starting to feel burnout. It's so god awful boring. All I pretty much do in my shift is acknowledge alerts in Big Panda & Datadog and then page our engineers. Looking for a change. Is SRE considered a good step up or is there something in between before SRE? I've been pigeonholed in my current job that I've completely lost sight of the IT roadmap.

[leomonz]

How's on call? I heard SRE usually on call 24X7 like in Ops

[Edgar-neeb]

I saw a lot of Python. Looking for a work on SRE. Is Python really that important?

[Adam-hznv]

Those calf raises at 5:36 were hilarious lol I live a very similar lifestyle so I picked up a barbell for lockdown

[asyasmith]

I am interviewing for an SRE new grad opportunity soon. How ever I can find any resources to study for it myself on line. Where could I find resources to study for the interview?

[RedShipsofSpainAgain]

Love the pokemon shirt! Curious where this is located? Also, which books/resources/tutorials do you recommend to get into an SRE role? Thanks

[kihunkim]

Thanks for the video!
I'm a new grad looking for Jr.SRE and yes honestly i barely see the Jr.SRE positions in Canada. I have a 1 year of experience of IT Technician and hold AWS/RHCSA cert, currently studying for Ansible automation. Do you recommend me to start from something different positions to gain exposure to IT industries? I definitely need a job if i can not find a Jr.SRE or Linux admin positions..but not sure what kind of positions i should apply for!

[argl]

Hey, can you please share your roadmap of getting job as SRE ?

[shamonea]

How much of your time is dedicated to writing code or scripting?

[Mav]

How are the X3 bands been working for you?

[samkkx]

I am a junior Devops engineer... Could you tell me the difference between a devops vs an SRE from your perspective..
P.s. love that Pokémon shirt

[gocrow]

Love the setup! Would you pls mention the name of our stretching exercises tool and mechanised desk model please and buy links if possible.

[KokuroSame]

You forgot 6:59: Scream at the sky for a minute.

[stumbleguysproboy]

How to become site reliability engineer please

[arnaldogonzalez]

Need some cable management there lol. I need that adjustable table. I love being an SRE though. I won't critique the form. but those pants..bruh LOL

[MisterShinRamen]

Hello! I just recently got hired as a Cloud Ops Engineer after being a professional Full-Stack Developer for 2+ years. I'm just curious. How are the job responsibilities differ from Dev? Is the job super stressful? How do I succeed in this job? I understand that Ops is way more different than development, but I'm very eager to learn! Also much love from South Korea! :)

[leomonz]

DIdn't realize your Pokémon shirt... awesome

[DucatiDiaries]

That beard is epic! You would laugh at my new puny beard. :) And puny arms. I haven't been lifting. :o/