[dvtrn]

Some would see this as a cynical take, but I’ve experienced it so many times, and am feeling such burnout from it that I started pondering this week if I’d be better served applying directly to developer roles instead of anything to do with DevOps; seems no one but the most highest of highly functioning teams seem to grok it. Wonder if that makes me a cynic. Would a cynic admit to being a cynic? Probably.

Anyway.

Nice little coincidence seeing your comment suggesting exactly the same thing. Of course, google just calls those people “SREs”...which in the best of worlds is a “Site Reliability Engineer”, in past orgs though it’s really meant “Sometimes Responsible for Everything”

[alexjplant]

I don't think it's cynical at all... it's just an unfortunate reality. New things come along and people try to fit them into existing frameworks. Words' meanings evolve over time. People that don't actually do technical work often end up being responsible for placing and managing the people that do; sometimes their notions of roles and responsibilities don't align with ours.

> I’ve experienced it so many times, and am feeling such burnout from it that I started pondering this week if I’d be better served applying directly to developer roles instead of anything to do with DevOps

I, too, am glad to see that I'm not the only one that's had this experience. I wish you the best of luck in "breaking the cycle". Hang tough!

[dvtrn]

I appreciate that. Best of luck to you as well.