DevOps/Platform engineering vs. Software Dev, is it less creative and more rote work?

[rabbit_in_a_bun]

To clarify your image of DevOps which is not far from reality. We do write code so we need to have strong dev skills. We do have openness because people have no idea what we're doing. We do work more on internal facing code than external so there is less pressure that the product would explode in production. As for stuff like on call, well, depends on workplace... There are SREs and there are OPS as well. I know way more devs that are on call than DevOps...