SRE vs SWE - what is better long term

Dec 13, 2021 117 Comments

I have an offer to join NetApp or Oracle as a SRE. The offers are stronger than my current software engineering role by roughly 40K YoY.

Part of that is that Akamai does not typically pay as much as other tech companies , new offers, etc.

However, I wanted to get opinions on if itโ€™s worth it to go to SRE. Iโ€™d be part of an on call rotation where at Akamai, I am not on call. I do have an operations background (I worked in NOC roles before and came up through Ops roles), so I think Iโ€™d like the work, but not sure how it would be quality of life wise. SWE comes with its own stresses but I feel the two are very different. I have 6 YOE and these are all remote roles.

Thoughts ?

#sre #swe #netapp #oracle

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