All about that infra(structure)

Go Time: Golang, Software Engineering

Infra, Devops, Systems Engineer, SRE, and the list goes on and on. What do these terms mean? Why does every job listing for the same role seem to entail different responsibiliities? Why is it important for developers to be familiar with the infrastructure their code is running on? Tune in to gain some insights into all of this and more!

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Featuring:

• Shubheksha Jalan – Website, GitHub, X
• Mat Ryer – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, X
• Jaana Dogan – Website, GitHub, X
• Johnny Boursiquot – Website, GitHub, X

Show Notes:

• Enter to win Practical AI hardware!
• Junior Engineers Are Features, Not Bugs - A talk from SRE CON discussing the benefits of hiring junior engineers for infra roles.
• The baseds series - A series of articles related to distributed systems.
• [e-mail] - Get in touch with our guest, Shubheksha
• Oxford study on job discrimination

Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!