This is good list. I think a key part is "The score doesn't matter as much as attitude." Not every company will have everything on the list, you can't expect small startups to have all this. But if they balk at the ideas it shows that there is a problem.
It turns out that some companies have a management team that is against automation, written policies, and fixing security and stability issues. Here are questions I wish I asked in job interviews:
4. Do you have a "policy and procedure" wiki?
8. In your bugs/tickets, does stability have a higher priority than new features?
16. Do you use configuration management tools like cfengine/puppet/chef?
20. Is OS installation automated?
28. Do desktops/laptops/servers run self-updating, silent, anti-malware software?
It turns out that some companies have a management team that is against automation, written policies, and fixing security and stability issues. Here are questions I wish I asked in job interviews:
4. Do you have a "policy and procedure" wiki?
8. In your bugs/tickets, does stability have a higher priority than new features?
16. Do you use configuration management tools like cfengine/puppet/chef?
20. Is OS installation automated?
28. Do desktops/laptops/servers run self-updating, silent, anti-malware software?
29. Do you have a written security policy?