Summary
In this chapter, we learned what the site reliability engineering persona looks like – what they know and how they think. We divided their mindset into smaller traits so you can understand what’s expected of you on this journey. Also, we explained why the site reliability engineering profession is unique. Then, we entered the practical knowledge sections and looked at their main responsibilities and daily activities.
By now, you should be able to explain why someone would become an SRE and the path for that. You can differentiate the site reliability engineering job role from others and understand what the site reliability engineering persona is. Finally, you know the typical duties of SREs, and the activities most SREs perform. As we close this chapter, we hope everything we say here resonates with your career aspirations.
In the next chapter, we dive into the world of numbers and understand how they are intrinsically part of the site reliability engineering domain. You will learn why SREs see production systems like no one else.
