====== "Specialization is for Insects" ======

http://www.itworld.com/development/121703/the-new-type-programmer-devop

Perhaps this sounds as though programmers are expected to be jacks-of-all-trades again. Certainly, the DevOp role makes me think of the Robert A. Heinlein quote (speaking through [[http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0671577808?ie=UTF8&tag=thegroovycorpora&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0671577808|Lazarus Long]]), "A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a well, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects."