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None of those skills listed are any more "DevOps" than they are systems administrator, systems programmer, embedded programmer etc.
by nineteen999 3y ago
None of those skills listed are any more "DevOps" than they are systems administrator, systems programmer, embedded programmer etc.
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- ozim 3y agoBecause DevOps is systems administrator working with dev team and understanding application that this team is working on. In contrast with systems administrator who does only "server stuff" and gets zip file with application thrown over the fence from dev team or multiple dev teams without understanding anything of what is in those app packages.
- nineteen999 3y agoIt really depends, in smaller companies you often have to wear multiple hats - I've had a combined systems administrator/programmer roles, worked in embedded systems programming, done devops roles, now I'm a technical manager. The majority of "devops" people I have worked with can't program their way out of a paper bag. Meanwhile back in the 1990's we had system administrators that knew how to program in shell, C/C++, Perl, use a CI/CD system, and debug shared library symbol issues with ease that would leave your average devops (or even web or Java developer) blushing. What you are referring to as "system administrator" today, is not what it was in the past. And what you are referring to as "devops" today ... is not all that.