I think a lot of folks who have been through a few tech cycles just see us building the same tools over and over again adding complexity to the overall system.

I think a lot of folks who have been through a few tech cycles just see us building the same tools over and over again adding complexity to the overall system. I think the main cause here is, ironically, the fact that businesses keep trying to remove sysadmin (as a discipline) from the IT value chain and replace it with subscription services. Sure, you can do it, but at some point things will break and you need someone who understands what is happening at the lowest levels of abstraction.