The reverse is true as well. I have a dev-ops job description, but I've been tasked at one point with creating and maintaining a web app. Arguably, it's a lot s

The reverse is true as well. I have a dev-ops job description, but I've been tasked at one point with creating and maintaining a web app. Arguably, it's a lot simpler to write a new webapp with Google than try to determine how to configure the particular version OpenLDAP you're running or debug the last guy's custom schema. But really, the author here is just misguided. Just because you can 'figure it out' eventually, doesn't mean you'll be cost effective at it. Employee productivity comes from specialization. It's not about how many jobs you can do, it's how quickly you can do them well. When developers are paid well, it's because they have specialized knowledge, just like DBAs and network engineers. There's not even really a need to put developers on some fucking pedestal make the argument against 'full stack developers.' It functions purely as bait for angry comments.