We're all ops people now. Edd’s experience reflects my own: the kind of systems I’m building these days involve way more than just development, they often involve significant sysadmin type skills as well. Desperately need to get better at that stuff.
The article wasn't quite what I expected. That's not to say I didn't get any utility from it, quite the opposite. I've had this tab open for days waiting to read the article just because the headline rings so true to me.