Is Ops a bullshit job? (from Dan Slimmon)

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https://blog.danslimmon.com/2025/02/11/is-ops-a-bullshit-job/

Instead, I want to take aim at a misconception that I think Pablo shares with many, many people in the software industry. Namely, the idea that if a software system is built correctly, it will work. Or, equivalently: if a software system doesn’t work, then it wasn’t built correctly.

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I mind the work much less than the general corporate organization and interacting with it.

I usually enjoy system building. I agree it's taking many technologies and pieces and putting them together. Where we differ maybe comes down to the why, for whom, and how much good it does? Maybe if you're any good at it?

I have no interest in duck taping things. Any solutions I'm involved with need to be balls out, bullet proof, maximum effort, or not at all.

I wonder how many of us agree with the 'dona few things really well' vs being a generalist.

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