Managing Up and Sideways as an SRE

Liz Fong-Jones, Google

Abstract: 

Ever have a bad manager? Or have a project go off the rails but feel powerless to stop the trainwreck? I'll talk about why knowing a little bit about management can help you as an individual contributor or tech lead, and talk about a few ways that you can help yourself and your SRE team without ever formally managing yourself.

Liz is a Senior Site Reliability Engineer at Google and manages a team of SREs responsible for Google's storage systems. She lives with her wife, metamour, and two Samoyeds in Brooklyn. In her spare time, she plays classical piano, leads an EVE Online alliance, and advocates for transgender rights.

Liz Fong-Jones, Google

Liz is a Senior Site Reliability Engineer at Google and manages a team of SREs responsible for Google's storage systems. She lives with her wife, metamour, and two Samoyeds in Brooklyn. In her spare time, she plays classical piano, leads an EVE Online alliance, and advocates for transgender rights.

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BibTeX
@conference {208556,
author = {Liz Fong-Jones},
title = {Managing Up and Sideways as an {SRE}},
year = {2016},
address = {Dublin},
publisher = {{USENIX} Association},
}
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