[rantanplan]

You think that deploying code just means "push to master and reload/restart servers"?

Even if you think that it entails more stuff, like knowledge about AWS, rackspace APIs, provisioning tools and whatnot, it's not enough. Mostly because in any medium to large company they build tools and processes on top of them. Have fun learning all of that, while you only need to commit your code.

Plus, since I've been for many years a sys admin guy that turned into a developer, I can tell you that there are different skillsets involved, albeit with some overlapping ones.

That's where the devops come in.

[billmalarky]

No doubt deployment is not a simple process in many cases, and I have respect for the ops position. But the line I was referring to specifically stated, "I've met great developers who didn't have a clue about how to scale or monitor their software outside of their framework." To me, being completely clueless once you leave your IDE is a pretty strong sign of a "not-great" developer. For instance, how do you know how to write good scalable code if you have no clue how the sausage is being made? Not saying you have to be an expert at the full stack, but you should have an idea of the basics.