Building a Diverse SRE Talent Pipeline
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Google partners with Major League Hacking to run a 12-week fellowship that combines the Linux Foundation curriculum, hands-on projects and a mentor-led pod approach (pods of 8–10). Program produces 222 graduates, offers stipends, is fully remote and reports that the MLH community is 2.5x more diverse than the average CS classroom. Of 111 fellows who did mock interviews, 23% pass and 45% are just shy of passing, showing many are job-ready or near-ready for SRE roles.
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- 0:00Start
- 8:51There's an opportunity and equity gap.
- 13:17At Google we've implemented different programs each focused on a specific aspect of our pipeline.
- 16:36How does it work?
- 17:37Benefits of the Fellowship
- 26:07Regular coding challenges and multiple mock interviews prepare Fellows to launch SRE careers.
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