[mnm1]

I couldn't agree more. Not only that, but trying to context switch between ops and development is a nightmare. The two positions are nothing alike. Most of my time as a sysdamin, I spent waiting and reading HN while super slow shit happens. It's basically a glorified secretarial position that deals with machines rather than humans. Every few minutes, I have to run another command, check output, respond to some AWS rep, etc. Basically, the absolute opposite mindset and skillset of what's needed to do proper development. After a few hours of that, switching back to development is almost impossible.