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Everything in your second paragraph points to companies that either through hiring, firing, or attrition have successfully excised all real systems expertise fr
by rhizome 5y ago
Everything in your second paragraph points to companies that either through hiring, firing, or attrition have successfully excised all real systems expertise from the entire company. This isn't the fault of any ops methodology, so let's maybe call it "shrug-ops."
>few people notice or care about the difference between a well-built corporate citizen that runs well & is monitored & operated according to whatever the in-power SRE cabal wants
QED
- rektide 5y agothis is a good insight but i think it overattributes to malice that which i see as defined by unseeability. most of the company lacks the techical appreciation to understand & grasp the tech ecosystem challenges they face. a sizable amount of the techies also help make up this group of people lacking the ability to discern. i like your post generally & think it's a good contribution. shrug-ops is a great name too, one with real value & that describes. but also i sympathize with how hard it is to acquire, gain, develop, & nurture this only-sometimes-rarely called upon skillset of nurturing & advancing systems competencies. it's not that people dont care. it's that this is a rarely practiced, harder to discern the success/quality of competency.