DevOps and "full stack" and Agile and the flamewars around them are just bikeshedding. None of this gnashing of teeth actually matters.
You know what matters? Writing code and making it work. Solving problems. Helping people. If the right way to do that is for me to make a system more reliable, then I'll do my best even if I'm not interested in being "an ops guy". If the best thing for me to do is read machine learning papers, then I'll do that.
The real problem: technology companies have terrible leadership. You know how small towns in the Midwest used to send their genetically unfortunate to San Francisco, where there'd be more social services and a warmer climate? Well, that's what the business world does with its rejects, too. Buses 'em to San Francisco. Except, in tech, they end up making $400k as VPs of HR at startups and get to boss nerds around.
"Agile" won't fix that. Nor will "DevOps". These terms mean too many different things to different people, and ultimately fail to address the real, core issues with technology.
You know what matters? Writing code and making it work. Solving problems. Helping people. If the right way to do that is for me to make a system more reliable, then I'll do my best even if I'm not interested in being "an ops guy". If the best thing for me to do is read machine learning papers, then I'll do that.
The real problem: technology companies have terrible leadership. You know how small towns in the Midwest used to send their genetically unfortunate to San Francisco, where there'd be more social services and a warmer climate? Well, that's what the business world does with its rejects, too. Buses 'em to San Francisco. Except, in tech, they end up making $400k as VPs of HR at startups and get to boss nerds around.
"Agile" won't fix that. Nor will "DevOps". These terms mean too many different things to different people, and ultimately fail to address the real, core issues with technology.