[ale] End to end testing?

[Beddingfield, Allen]

I completely agree on the RHEL Server Tuning Class.  I took it, and it is a deep dive into cgroups and lots of other concepts.  The “certificate of expertise” exam that goes with it is a tough one to pass, too.
BTW, for Red Hat classes, I always go to GCA over there.  http://www.gca.net/locations/atlanta-ga
Allen B.
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Allen Beddingfield
Systems Engineer
The University of Alabama


From: <ale-bounces at ale.org<mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org>> on behalf of Jerald Sheets
Reply-To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
Date: Thursday, May 21, 2015 at 8:59 AM
To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
Subject: Re: [ale] End to end testing?

Yeah… that’s not exactly what they mean when they say “site reliability engineer”.

In fact, of the three separate things they tried to interview me for, the initial 3, 4, or 5 steps of the interview process had nothing to do with the position, and when getting finally to a Google human in Atlanta, it was COMPLETELY different than what the previous levels of interview had asked for.  And none of it, at any level, referred to “end to end testing”.

I’m told that there’s been a recent overhaul in the recruiting and interviewing process there, but they just haven’t been consistent at any time I’ve spoken with them.

As for the actual core of your question…  If you can, do the Server Tuning class from RedHat.  It does the whole shebang concentrating on CGROUPs.  Best overall introduction to the tech I’ve seen anywhere, and I’d say I’m a much better “tuner” in regards to Linux boxes than I was in the past solely due to that class.


Jerald Sheets
questy at gmail.com<mailto:questy at gmail.com>



On May 21, 2015, at 9:13 AM, leam hall <leamhall at gmail.com<mailto:leamhall at gmail.com>> wrote:

Hey guys,

I'm seeing more jobs similar to Google's "Site Reliability Engineer". Someone who has a good handle on testing things from end to end to find bottle-necks, risks, and solve problems. I've been doing something like that for a while, but would like to get better. Any books, courses, tools, or ideas on how to do that?

Thanks!

Leam

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