What is an SRE and how does it relate to DevOps? | Interview with MasterMnd CEO Aaron Brooks

What is an SRE and how does it relate to DevOps? | Interview with MasterMnd CEO Aaron Brooks Contact Aaron: Website: https://academy.mastermnd.io/ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/mastermndio Twitter: https://twitter.com/mastermndio In this video we interview former SRE and Lead DevOps Engineer now MasterMnd CEO Aaron Brooks. I hope you enjoy this video and please remember to subscribe, like and comment. ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• --------- Contents of this interview -------- 00:00 - Intro 05:06 - Interview begins 06:30 - Aaron's introduction 08:45 - How long have you been doing Devops? 10:11 - What is Devops? 12:25 - Can you breakdown devops freeways/devops principles? 16:08 - Are you the same way in terms of applying knowledge of devops to your life? 18:01 - What do you think of that? 19:12 - How did you transition into software development from systems administration and how did how does it play a role in devops? 23:32 - How does Linux play a role and how important is it for someone that wants to get in devops to learn it? 24:46 - How do you start with Linux from a devops perspective? 28:15 - Do you have sprints in devops? 30:50 - Since a devops engineer doesn't necessarily need to know how to code, do they have sprints? 33:04 - Did you operate with the Fibonacci number? 35:31 - How do you make that shift from Operations? 38:03 - What language did you start with and how did you improve? 41:21 - Did you have unit tests? How did you learn it? 43:27 - Can you talk about the concept of peer review and how it plays a role in devops? 45:34 - How do you get better at documenting your code? 47:28 - Can you talk about spikes? 51:13 - What do you people need to know if they want to become a devops engineer? 54:06 - Does it matter where you're located when it comes to the cloud? 55:56 - How is that possible? 58:10 - Is Devops entry level or not? 01:00:35 - What are the best certificates to have to get hired? 01:03:55 - Is the traditional systems administrator going away? 01:05:36 - Do you need to go to college to be a devops engineer? 01:09:20 - What are your thoughts about SRE in 2021? 01:10:36 - Can you break down what a SRE is? 01:14:50 - What skills do you recommend for aspiring SREs? 01:16:23 - Is it safe to say that SRE is more on architecture and devops is one functionality inside an organization? 01:17:01 - If someone wants to be a Devops engineer or SRE, should they go to a small organization or go to the biggest organization possible? 01:20:40 - Can you talk about that so they can understand the scale and how devops plays a role in it? 01:23:20 - Where you stressed and how did you manage it? 01:29:31 - What advice do you have for people going into the new year either to advance their career or those starting in IT? 01:36:02 - Why Golang over python? 01:39:32 - How does python differ from golang? 01:41:56 - How large is the golang community 01:43:53 - What's your thoughts on Golang's growth? 01:45:16 - At what point did you shift from writing scripts to modular code? 01:52:32 - How did you make the career decision to progress your career? 01:58:17 - How important is DNS to a Network Engineer? 01:58:53 - Are there roles that would be ideal before transitioning fully into Devops, since you mentioned it is not an entry level role? 02:00:40 - What's the lesson in this? 02:04:23 - For someone in a challenging situation at work, what advice do you have for them on how to handle the situation? 02:06:51 - What made you set out and start your business on your own? 02:12:40 - At what point does everything click? 02:15:31 - Can you breakdown what you mean by: "it's ok to skip steps"? 02:18:21 - i. How was your documentation for things you learned? ii. Did you focus on the task in front of you or did you try to learn things ahead? 02:20:56 - Is there anything you want to say? 02:23:35 - Outro ***Books*** The Phoenix Project: https://amzn.to/343ST1d The DevOps Handbook: https://amzn.to/3a7dlT4 The Unicorn Project: https://amzn.to/382j3Ti Site Reliability Engineering: https://amzn.to/3nfDcf1 ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Du'An Lightfoot on Social Media: https://twitter.com/labeveryday 💥DISCLAIMER 💥 This video and description contains affiliate links, which means that if you click on one of the product links, I’ll receive a small commission. This helps support the channel and allows us to continue to make videos like this. Thank you for the support! #LabEveryday #Mastermnd #DevOps #SRE