> one could argue that the role of sys admins just got more specialized
Read the introduction to the SRE book, available free online [1] - and you'll see that SRE is defined _in contrast to_ systems administration. Its specifically defined as software engineering with the goal of managing operational complexity.
Modern shops' failure to understand this (most SREs haven't read any of the book, let alone stopped to think what SRE actually means) is IMHO a primary factor in the failure of most "devops transformations"
Read the introduction to the SRE book, available free online [1] - and you'll see that SRE is defined _in contrast to_ systems administration. Its specifically defined as software engineering with the goal of managing operational complexity.
Modern shops' failure to understand this (most SREs haven't read any of the book, let alone stopped to think what SRE actually means) is IMHO a primary factor in the failure of most "devops transformations"
[1] https://sre.google/sre-book/part-I-introduction/