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Michael Kehoe Senior SRE
College Student to SRE:Onboarding your Entry Level
Talent
Nina Mushiana SRE Manager
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Topics
● Who are we?● Background● Onboarding● Training● Mentoring● Managing● Lessons Learnt
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$ whoami who-are-we
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My Journey
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Who / What are they?
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Your ELT’s
● Just graduated from College● May/May not have enterprise experience● High aptitude for fast learning● Non-jaded, highly impressionable/ idealistic thinkers
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22%SRE Hires were ELT’s in
2015
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Before Day 1
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Onboarding your Talent
● Mentor/ Manager correspondence● Company merchandise
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Day 1
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Onboarding your Talent
● Reaffirm decision to join LinkedIn● Enforce company values● New Hire Roadmap
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Post Day 1
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Onboarding your Talent
● Engineering Bootcamp● SRE Onboarding checklist● StartIn Program
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Training your Talent
● Provide a strong set of ‘get up to speed’ classes/ documents
● For ELT’s, extra background material may help○ e.g. High Scalability Blog
● Technical resource they can talk to (i.e. mentor)● Non-technical training
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Mentoring your Talent
● Pair with best engineer(s) ● Clone ● Someone to reach out to● Traits
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Managing your Talent
● Support● Opportunities and career● 1:1● Acknowledgement● Morale● Boring work
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Lessons Learned
● Relationships matter● Technical skills only get you so far● Value your time
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Advice for ELT’s
● Make the most of the resources around you● It’s always better to ask questions than to assume and
break something● Always use feedback as a motivator to improve
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Questions?
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Onboarding your Talent
● Introduce:○ Company Values○ Expectations○ Workplace culture
● Give them:○ A short-term & longer-term roadmap of what their
role will encompass○ Flexibility
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Hiring your Talent