rsamp

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   by rsamp 6y ago

   Theres no formal on-call. But we do have monitoring and alerts and if theres an emergency since its a small team we are all expected to help out. In practice emergencies happen once a year, so Im happy to get out of bed and help out however
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   by rsamp 6y ago

   I completely agree with this.
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   by rsamp 6y ago

   I don't have noncompetes, and all three jobs deal with software development but in completely different industries. Ethically I wouldn't work for two competing companies. I agree there are tech jobs that are way more demanding, it
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   by rsamp 6y ago

   I'm full stack, but more specialized in backend and sysadmin. None of the three positions have on call duties.
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   by rsamp 6y ago

   I've found distributed teams with members in different timezones already try to minimize meetings and are really good at organizing themselves through email,slack,scrum boards, etc. This may sound like I got lucky finding companies tha
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   by rsamp 6y ago

   Yes I agree its feasible. Thats pretty much the situation I was in before I started taking on more. I was selective in what jobs I took, aside from technical criteria, 1. had to be 100% remote 2. small teams 3. when interviewing, I tried to
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   by rsamp 6y ago

   I also have a wife, kids and excercise two hours 6 days a week.
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   by rsamp 6y ago

   I've been doing this for 2 years, except I have 3 positions not two. Also all 3 pay really well, but they are all small companies (less than 20 employees). All three are distributed teams with no offices. I learned a long time ago when