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Re:Notes on Google's Site Reliability Engineering Book by nunez on Monday April 11, 2016 @05:55PM (#11475451)
They look for someone that is strong at operating systems and networking knowledge AND someone that's a decently strong programmer. IOW, someone that can pass a low-level ops interview and a Google SWE interview.

This is a tough position to fill but I've worked with folks who are genuinely good at both, so they're out there.

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Re:Notes on Google's Site Reliability Engineering Book by slyall on Monday April 11, 2016 @07:25PM (#11475962)
What I'm wondering is have they created a model that only works if you employee "top 5 percent" people.

Sort of like if long-haul truckers needs the skills and training of Fighter pilots.

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Re:Notes on Google's Site Reliability Engineering Book by tamana on Tuesday April 12, 2016 @11:13AM (#11480246)
Yes. What you get is a lot of "grunge work" that never gets done because everyone is busy inventing the next gen cure-all.
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