Excellence in development and exellence in operations does not necessarily overlap.
IMHO the whole &quot;devops&quot; term is bogus since it&#x27;s just the worst of both worlds.<p>You want experts at both ends of the spectrum, not a developer who can do some sysadmin tasks but not too well or a operational engineer who can write some code but not too well.
Acknowledge that there are different fields and you need experts in both. Forget about aiming for a hybrid - it doesn&#x27;t work. You&#x27;ll just get incompetents who are able to pose as being good at both sides.