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DevOps Engineer here, former Lead (moved from startup to Big Corp). That's literally my job day in day out. Put the Lego bricks together. Everybody around me te
by emptysongglass 6y ago
DevOps Engineer here, former Lead (moved from startup to Big Corp). That's literally my job day in day out. Put the Lego bricks together. Everybody around me tells me I'm doing a good job and I'm sitting here thinking, "but all I did was Google these things and insert some variables in some Helm charts?"
The other part of my job is more difficult, which is encouraging teams to de-silo and automate wherever possible but so many of the employees are threatened by this idea at Big Corp that I'm encountering a LOT of resistance.
- mtberatwork 6y agoI think your first point answers your second point. It's only human nature for people to worry about their jobs.
- quantumcd 6y agoSame here. It's easy to forget the difference between a master LEGO builder and the average person just piecing together bricks though. Knowing what to build and when/how is a lot of the job too. I try and remind myself that we're also often there to help other people build better things, perhaps analogous to automatically sorting LEGO bricks so other people building can move faster with fewer compromises.
- pbronez 6y agoThis applies to most high-value knowledge work. Figuring out which problem to solve and how to define success is much more difficult than actually turning the crank to implement whatever solution.