> We should have SRE scripts that recover things. I hate that idea. I want to know why servers failed. My belief is if you don't understand the root cause it'll

> We should have SRE scripts that recover things. I hate that idea. I want to know why servers failed. My belief is if you don't understand the root cause it'll just keep happening. It sounds like you are not only worried about you being involved, but also about the current state of your team's DevOps / SRE practices. Hopefully you can still push for higher standards in that space even if you are not directly involved day to day. > It's a small team. I'm not allowed to do Devops things because 'me being a developer is worth more'. I think that's a terrible idea. I can only become a better developer by working close to the deployed product. By the same token, it is not good for you to be the expert on everything. With a small team it's easy for one person to become the go-to SME for everything. This is just as dangerous as having faulty DevOps and SRE practices. The company has little ability to prevent you from leaving, getting sick, forgetting things that only you touched, etc.