My first SRE team – 2015
As an SRE manager in 2015, leading a young team within a traditionally old-school company, your day-to-day work involves a unique blend of traditional processes, team management, and exploration of cutting-edge practices.
You start your day by leading discussions on developing a new type of cloud. Back in the day, this is uncharted territory, and you guide your team as they navigate these challenges. You’re experimenting with new technologies, and one of them is Kafka. It’s a novel technology for your team, and you’re not sure yet how to fully utilize it within your architecture. You spend a significant amount of your time researching its potential use cases, consulting with experts, and planning potential implementation strategies.
A considerable challenge you face is the limitations of your existing infrastructure and virtualization capabilities. You are pushing the boundaries of what your infrastructure can handle, constantly...
