Do Server Administrators Not Write Code? — The True Nature of the “Invisible Language” Revealed in a 200-Person Project
The Shock of “Engineers Who Don’t Code” What!? There are people who control systems without writing code— In my 7th year as a professional, I joined a large-scale development project with over 200 members as a configuration management leader. With five companies involved, I was responsible for creating various standards and guiding the entire team through structured rules. Among all roles, the one I worked most closely with was the server administrator. Configuration management and server management were the two wheels supporting the project. Naturally, our conversations increased. One day, I casually asked: “How much Java do you usually write?” The answer I got was unexpected. “Actually, I’ve never written it.” The “Language of Scripts” That Runs the Field Surprised, I asked further: “So… you don’t program at all?” He smiled slightly and replied: “Well, I do simple stuff.” What he referred to were shell scripts like Bash and Windows VB scripts. At that moment, the hidde...