Benefits of On-Call ● Hones troubleshooting skills ● Forces you to identify the weak points in your systems ● Teaches you what is and isn’t production-ready
A totally normal on-call routine ● Don’t leave house except to commute to work ● Clear all non-work appointments ● Cook all meals beforehand ● Have soup on hand ● Don’t sleep
Miserable on-call professionals ● Have terrible work/life balance ● Are supporting poorly-designed systems ● Feel powerless to solve problems ● Generally hate the role