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Different organizations have varying requirements and job descriptions, often leading to teams named Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), Application Reliability Engineering (ARE), and Platform Reliability Engineering (PRE). It's easy to get confused and start using these acronyms interchangeably. However, each role has a distinct focus, set of responsibilities, and areas of expertise. Here is a high-level differentiation to help you understand these acronyms better in terms of their focus, areas, and key responsibilities.

Understanding the why is crucial for Site Reliability Engineers (SREs) as it enables them to align system reliability with business priorities, make informed decisions, and proactively prevent incidents. By knowing the reasons behind design choices, processes, and system behaviors, SREs can target their efforts more effectively, resolve issues faster, and implement long-term solutions that prevent recurring problems. This deeper insight ensures that SREs build scalable, reliable systems while balancing operational needs with business goals. Simply put, the why drives smarter, more intentional engineering.

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I have a strong opinion about this. I have been a senior engineer for most of my career and am always looking for feedback to achieve a promotion to principal engineer. I agree that impact is more important than output, but it's hard without being a principal engineer. If you are not a principal engineer, you won't have access to meetings and knowledge to distinguish what is impactful and what is not. Until then, you need to have a mentor, a manager, or someone with a bigger picture who is able and willing to guide you in discerning what is impactful and what is not. If this doesn't happen, your only option is to increase your output, hoping that one of those things will have a considerable impact by chance.

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