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Ask HN: I'm a dev who never wants to be on call again. What are my best options?
- MattGaiser 2y agoDry corporate software that is only used during work hours in your time zone.
- dragonwriter 2y agoIf you can stand the pay and working environment, government (local or state in the US) internal non-safety critical app work may be the safest thing -- you almost never have customers in multiple time zones, or with working days or hours significantly different from your office's that need support.
- AnimalMuppet 2y agoProgram different kinds of software. "On call" isn't a thing for some kinds of software. If it's not deployed to a production server, it likely doesn't have software engineers on call.
- glawre 2y agoI'd aim for a giant bank / financial services company. Some still mandate dedicated Ops/Prod Support teams. It can definitely have it's drawbacks, but you're very unlikely to ever be called out.
- p0d 2y agoNot an answer to your question but I used to keep the on call money in a separate pot. Then over time I would buy something fun from the pot, like some new tech. I found this helped me.
- yawgmoth 2y agoA company that has internal customers that go to bed every day. Bankers, underwriters, etc
- scarface_74 2y agoOr a SaaS company that serves those customers.
- mettamage 2y agoHFT is one, they switch off when they leave for the night, unless it's crypto. HFT is demanding in other ways though