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First thing that came to my mind too! I've had two "Please call me, it's broke" calls just this morning!

• WJW 8y ago
  Why does your manager know this before you do though?
  • rurp 8y ago
    It could be the case that nothing is actually broken. I have unfortunately received a number of similar calls on systems that were working exactly as specified. Random nonsense "disasters" can happen a lot in dysfunctional companies.
  • sli 8y ago
    I would never in a million years, as a developer, give my personal phone number to a client. That's probably why. I get the same issue where I work. The client states that "everything is broken," but it often turns out that their own servers are down (or sometimes our API guys made a breaking change and I wasn't informed, but that's not common anymore). I find this stuff out when I get to work in the morning, because they certainly aren't calling me directly.
    • lostcolony 8y ago
      I think the implication is that the system should alert you directly. Though if you are building systems for clients to run, you obviously would want the system alerting them, not you.
  • qop 8y ago
    It's actually the opposite way around for me, but I fill a senior role that intersects directly with high-value vendors. I'm basically on-call 24/7 and I am in the office whenever I feel like it or when I need to work on code. I log my interactions with my supervisor, he will occasionally check with me to follow up but I can fix 99% of what they call me about on my own. If I need help, it's usually just expert knowledge that I can ask around the office for. But of course other devs have different roles and workflows.
  • hnal943 8y ago
    You're assuming 1) there's a legitimate technical problem and 2) the person calling is management and not a user