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So as someone who has worked as a developer for 15+ years now, this is an honest question. What kind of things are you getting emails about after hours that can
by donatj 3y ago
So as someone who has worked as a developer for 15+ years now, this is an honest question. What kind of things are you getting emails about after hours that can’t wait until tomorrow?
I have heard these horror stories for years but never experienced any of it.
Everyone who would be sending me email wants to be off work as much as I do. They’re not working after hours so neither am I. Even when I worked for an agency earlier in my career I can count on two hands the number of times I was contacted after hours, and it was usually an emergency like some clients database imploded.
- doublerabbit 3y agoEnterprise works different hours. If I need to relay something important and where email could cause broken communication, I need to work after hours. East Coast in five hours behind of me. West Coast is eight. If we have the regulators chasing us upon an urgent thing you need to be have the information ready for the next day. Unfortunately the whole "don't email after work" can only be applied to roles where staff are all within the reasonable timezone.
- donatj 3y agoHuh, so the whole timezone thing might put me at a huge advantage working in the Midwest? We have people on the east and west coast but I'm at most 2 hours off from them.
- doublerabbit 3y agoProbably. I'm in the UK. The midwestern folk have always been the most pleasant to talk too.
- willcipriano 3y ago> regulators chasing us Unless I've got serious equity the regulators are chasing you, make it worth my while to solve your problem.
- doublerabbit 3y agoI can't go in to detail because NDA. Three letter agencies, something something war, trading, cyberattacks and more stuff.
- willcipriano 3y agoSounds like they are willing to pay a lot for my weekend.
- doublerabbit 3y agoIt does pay well if you do decide to work weekends. I don't however.
- nathan_compton 3y agoHave you considered the possibility that you don't in fact need it tomorrow? Like maybe if someone is bothering you for something that you need tomorrow, maybe you fucked up somewhere and you should pay the penalty for it instead of expecting a coworker to reply to a message while they not working.
- AlotOfReading 3y agoI'm someone who occasionally sends an after hours email, but I don't expect them answered or even received until work-hours. They usually result from starting some very long process (e.g. full rebuilds, expensive tests, automated bisections, etc) that can take 30m+ near the end of the day, so I walk away to go cook and clean. I'll check on them and fire off relevant messages before I lose the mental context with sleep.