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I never had it too bad with being on-call, but my previous team did a piss-poor job of onboarding engineers, writing TSGs, and paying down tech debt. One rotati
by mynameisash 5y ago
I never had it too bad with being on-call, but my previous team did a piss-poor job of onboarding engineers, writing TSGs, and paying down tech debt. One rotation, I got paged at like 3am and again a few hours later. Bizarrely, it totally messed up my ability to be in the moment with my family for the whole weekend.
And I developed this sort of 'anxiety' every time my phone rang. My stock ringtone never felt harsh before, but the instant my phone started ringing, I could feel my heart pounding. Would this be the call that would finally be more than I could handle? Even after I was done with my rotation, I just got so agitated any time my phone rang.
I switched my ringtone to the Mr. Roger's Neighborhood theme, and I left that team (for other reasons). I'm a much happier person at work and at home now.