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So would you say DevOps is ... more a "brand" than useful proscription for anything? Or what are its useful / redeeming features, in your view? Don't mean to
by vanusa 5y ago
So would you say DevOps is ... more a "brand" than useful proscription for anything? Or what are its useful / redeeming features, in your view?
Don't mean to be dismissive, I'm still trying to figure out what it is, actually. In reality, as opposed to the stuff people like to hear themselves say about it.
- dvtrn 5y agoGood question. Had to sit here and think about how I wanted to answer that one. Proscriptively? Probably. Inherently, not as much, but maybe. What I mean is, in some cases it probably is just a ‘brand’ in that I’ve just had too many experiences with companies that hired “DevOps Engineers” due to a lack of hiring discipline to actually bring in a SME for a critical component. This is how I think some Devops practitioners end up getting shit “thrown over the wall” and probably lies at the root of what they’re complaining about. So yeah I would say Devops is probably more of a brand than a transformational way of delivering software for SOME companies. These are the “pretenders” IMO. To your other question, what are redeeming features? Also a good question. One in fact. . . that forces me to really sit down and think about. I haven’t ever thought about the question of “what’s redeeming about Devops” as a Devops practitioner.
- vanusa 5y agoThanks - that echoes a lot of what I'd been quietly suspecting. I just didn't have heart to raise the issue with the resident 'DevOps Evangelist' a certain place I worked at recently.