For many people, the first and only times they interact with Executives is during an incident. It can be an intimidating first introduction! While Execs are first and foremost just people too, they tend to require some specific care when it comes to communication, especially when it involves issues
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Ricardo Castro
Principal SRE
Spotting an SRE anti-pattern is easy. Changing the organization that rewards it is harder. Ricardo Castro talks principal-level influence, community work, and making improvement stick.
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Dennis Henry
Cloud Architecture Resilience Engineer
Incidents reveal whether 'servant leadership' is a value or a slogan. Dennis Henry explains how human factors and a career across executive and technical roles changed the way he leads under pressure.
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Krishna Vinnakota
Site Reliability Engineer
Krishna Vinnakota landed SRE roles at Microsoft, Amazon, and TikTok. His advice spans both sides of the hiring table—and the on-call practices that keep great engineers after they arrive.
Hans Chung refers to the tendency for SREs to independently zoom in on one task or problem at a time, and the consequences that come with it, as the “solo hero pattern”. In this post, he explores some of the reasons it happens, and what SRE leaders can do about it.
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Nathen Harvey
DORA Lead and Developer Advocate
Nathen Harvey has watched DevOps declared dead more times than most. The DORA lead cuts through the platform-engineering debate and explains why communities—not labels—move the practice forward.
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Zameel Syed
VP Site Reliability & Security Engineering
After 30 years in technology, Zameel Syed still remembers his first incident. He explains why security and reliability belong together—and how mentorship keeps a long career from narrowing your view.
Jessica Fink
Operational Excellence & Incident Response Expert
Jessica Fink built incident programs without an engineering background—and learned which questions matter more than technical fluency. She shares the metric she values and lessons from relocating to Singapore.
Tips for deciding how many SREs your company should hire.
Best practices for “SRE pioneers” – meaning engineers who are the very first SREs hired at an organization.
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Reginald Davis
SRE Technical Lead
Biology, philosophy, public speaking, and Houston rap all show up in how Reginald Davis leads technically. He talks about earning influence and widening the path into tech.
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Dinesh Sukhija
Director of Infrastructure
Dinesh Sukhija moved from building features to building the foundations beneath them. He discusses staying technical as a leader, the developer tool he thinks deserves more love, and an ideal day offline.
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