[stroebs]

> sanctioned efforts like this are almost always temporary. The majority of the illegible work that occurs in large organizations is still unsanctioned.

The title “DevOps Engineer” often fits a permanent role of sanctioned illegibility in large organisations. One cannot explain exactly what a “DevOps Engineer” does, because (a) you cannot _engineer_ a culture, and (b) largely these engineers do urgent and important work that cannot be planned, estimated, put into sprints, etc.

I’ve had this title through several of my roles at orgs over the years and I detest it, but nonetheless understand why it exists.