Tech IndustryNov 19, 2019
NewSsbh05

LinkedIn SRE New Grad

What are some interesting teams for growth and impact? At team match phase, looking at Product SRE teams TC: 0

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LinkedIn lIIllIIlIl Nov 20, 2019

I would strongly advise you to consider being a dev instead of an sre if you can. You can always transition to sre later in your career. The job satisfaction in sre is also a lot lower than dev here at LinkedIn. Your oncall shifts in product sre are also crazy. Be expected to get paged 10+ times a week outside work hours and kiss your social life and sleep goodbye when you’re oncall. If you’re hellbent on joining then the high impact teams are cap-sre and voyager.

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Ssbh05 OP Nov 20, 2019

Thanks Do these teams do a considerable amount if dev work? Say >60% What average no if hours should expect to put in for impact?

LinkedIn nideknil. Feb 14, 2020

some product sre spent 0 time on dev work. my teammate spent 100% of their time on some junk initiative this quoter. Saying if their TC is 300k, yeah LinkedIn is putting 75k in trash can this Q.

LinkedIn ifonethen Nov 20, 2019

I would encourage you to find the best leadership chain you can. For sre that'd be Kevin krawezs orgs. Avoid product, it's the worst org by a wide margin.

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epyV21 Nov 24, 2019

Why do you think product at LinkedIn is so bad?

VMware balleigh Nov 28, 2019

Just signed on as SRE Product lol.. I would also like more info on this.

LinkedIn ineer Dec 6, 2019

The fact is that Kevin’s org has largest impact (infra/data) which is highly complex and supports the entire backend ecosystem. It also has many challenges to solve at scale. It will be stressful at some points, but it’s one of those things where you need to manage your time and set boundaries. Do not fear on-call, you learn the most being on call. I’ve noticed that there is no other place to learn the breadth of things you do by being in challenging and uncomfortable situations. As a result they also have one of the largest budgets. There is dev work but not uniform across SRE orgs. If you feel like you are unable to satisfy your coding aspirations, you can always get approval for horizontal initiatives and take part in cross team collab. Lot of options and mobility. TC: 430k

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HYQw57 May 11, 2022

@LinkedIn I have an upcoming interview for SRE new grad, Can I DM?

eBay avoNoon Sep 27, 2020

@OP can you share ur interview experience? How was it? What are the resources you found good for sre prep ?