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But those are the kinds of scenarios where I imagine the sun still came up if comparable disruptions occurred prior to our current era of constant connectivity.
by Flop7331 2y ago
But those are the kinds of scenarios where I imagine the sun still came up if comparable disruptions occurred prior to our current era of constant connectivity. We're too invested in the myth that our special problem can't wait half a day.
- yreg 2y agoI'm not sure if you are trolling or genuine, but obviously it is worth it to wake someone up (someone who is specifically paid for being available to be woken up) once it prevents enough costs by resolving the issue now instead of doing so in half a day.
- Flop7331 2y ago> I'm not sure if you are trolling or genuine Odd, because I'm not sure if you are either. Very few things are so important or costly, and if you're winding up in that situation frequently enough to rob people of their personal time to manually deal with it, clearly something is majorly wrong with this hypothetical critical thing at an architectural level. There's nothing controversial about this.
- yreg 2y ago> Very few things are so important or costly Any outage that costs more than paying an engineer to be on-call is worth it. It's not that complex. If an outage blocks 10000 people from doing their work, it's obviously worth it to wake someone up to try to resolve it half a day sooner. (Someone you've been paying specifically for this purpose!) > rob people of their personal time Being paid to be on-call is not your personal time.
- Flop7331 2y agoAh, it's a difference in lived experiences. I was certainly never compensated for it when I had to do it.