> Should sysadmins have software development experience (e.g. DevOps)?
Yes. Where I work, they're all expected to be able to cut code. They might pair with devs at various stages, but a sysadmin who can't write code isn't going to be able to work with some of the more modern frameworks for orchestrations because they are in essence DSLs: they _are_ code.
Yes. Where I work, they're all expected to be able to cut code. They might pair with devs at various stages, but a sysadmin who can't write code isn't going to be able to work with some of the more modern frameworks for orchestrations because they are in essence DSLs: they _are_ code.