# Thought Leadership Panel: What is a ‘Real’ SRE?

- **期号**: SRE Weekly Issue #217（2020-05-03）
- **作者**: Amy Tobey, with guests Craig Sebenik, David Blank-Edelman, and Kurt Andersen — Blameless
- **链接**: https://www.blameless.com/thought-leadership-panel-real-sre/

## 简介

> Blameless recently had the privilege of hosting SRE leaders Craig Sebenik, David Blank-Edelman, and Kurt Andersen to discuss how can SREs approach work as done vs work as imagined, how to define SRE and DevOps and the complementary nature of the two, the ethics of purchasing packaged versions of open source software, and more.

## 正文

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