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Disclosure: I develop automation for a company that provides managed cloud services for huge companies. Am I reading this right? Are they really saying that th
by sudosteph 7y ago
Disclosure: I develop automation for a company that provides managed cloud services for huge companies.
Am I reading this right? Are they really saying that the main issue is hiring DevOps/SRE engineers at scale is hard - but that hiring and keeping an additional team of AI engineers who understand cloud infra is somehow more achievable for the average company?
I just don't see that playing out well for places where cloud and/or AI technical expertise is not a core competency. There are managed cloud providers who specialize in these areas. If your problem is literally that you can't scale DevOps, it's at least worth pricing out those services before committing to hiring an even more specialized role for infra purposes.
- thinkingkong 7y agoI think its more hinting at a product suite or other companies that layer on top; not that you need to build AI solutions yourself. That being said I think the major issue isnt devops hiring. Its having poor SRE practices, no breathing space for engineers, and scaling for the sake of it, most of the time.