I mean how could I know which part of my comment you took issue with, I was describing my recruiting experience. I still stand by that statement though -- doesn't matter if they've been doing it for 2 years or 20 all the best ops people started on their path by being a dev who found themselves as the ops person of last resort and fell in love with it. The experience gained by being thrown into responsibility for a production system and having to figure it out in real time genuinely can't be beat.