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You can also advertise for zookeeper or chef, but if you want people doing X, a good bet is to advertise for X.

I asked for alternative suggestions and offered what we use. If you have suggestions of alternative titles you've successfully used to hire without slowing things down I'm all ears.

> What's DevOps skills in your opinion?

The most important skill is knowing to not fall for the bait that is this question so that you can actually work.

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But if you want Software Engineers that will take up DevOps skills and responsibilities, surely you'd want to advertise this DevOps culture instead of a role? Advertising this as culture is likely to attract people that want to work in a place without a DevOps/SE stratification.

I think the only reason to advertise for it as a role, is when your tooling is too complex and you've given up looking for Software Engineers that could do it on the side. Which is fair enough, I guess, though providing a Golden Path nowadays is probably more popularly done by hiring Platform Engineers.

I'm all ears when you're on brake.

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