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Not necessarily true in big companies. A devops middle manager doesn't need to know whether the company is building widgets or dohickies; their job is to keep t
by mLuby 8y ago
Not necessarily true in big companies. A devops middle manager doesn't need to know whether the company is building widgets or dohickies; their job is to keep the software running securely. CTO/VP Eng should certainly know more about business priorities.
At smaller companies it is more important. Also can improve morale.
- KaiserPro 8y agoso how do you negotiate SLAs? How do you know what level of security is required? How do you prioritise requests? How do you know which team to ask favours from? How do you get more money for your department? How do you avoid the poop-gravity interaction cycle? All of this is intrinsically linked to the business logic/goals of the company. For example: Our team worked with $cashCow team to reduce time to live by x percent. We have saved the company y percent a year. Now give our team more cash we can do it for other teams. That requires a basic understanding of the business, and its priorities, so you can support the most important internal users and make them more efficient.
- mLuby 8y agopoop-gravity whaaa?