DevOps/CloudBackendGeneralTable-stakes
Bash / Shell Scripting
Also written as Bash, Shell Scripting, Shell
Writing scripts in a Unix shell (most commonly Bash) to automate command-line tasks — file processing, deployment steps, cron jobs — often the glue between other tools rather than an application language itself.
Think of it like
Like the sticky notes and shortcuts a chef keeps taped to the counter — small, unglamorous automations that quietly save real time every single day.
Junior or senior?
Junior sounds like
Keeps extending a shell script well past the point it should've become a real program.
Senior sounds like
Can describe the tipping point where they rewrote one in a proper language.
Ask them
“Tell me about a shell script that grew complex enough that you rewrote it in a real language. What was the tipping point?”