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Re:Show HN: I made a SQL game to help people learn / challen... by matheusmoreira on Saturday April 22, 2023 @12:02PM (#35667904)
> you end up being the guy being paged for emergency

Why can your employer bother you outside your work hours? You should charge a lot of money for this service.

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Re:Show HN: I made a SQL game to help people learn / challen... by fn-mote on Saturday April 22, 2023 @03:20PM (#35670052)
Yeah, um... exactly. It's baked into your salary, though.
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Re:Show HN: I made a SQL game to help people learn / challen... by doesnt_know on Saturday April 22, 2023 @04:19PM (#35670540)
Being on call is baked into your salary? I hope you are getting some serious "fuck you" money if you're effectively on call at all times.
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Re:Show HN: I made a SQL game to help people learn / challen... by vlovich123 on Saturday April 22, 2023 @08:58PM (#35672351)
Typically there’s an oncall rotation. So your oncall periodically (like 1 week out 4-6). It’s not something I love but I like the rest of the work. Also the oncall is just the L1 triage. For anything more complicated a lot more people get paged in until the thing is handled.

That’s my experience so far anyway.

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Re:Show HN: I made a SQL game to help people learn / challen... by matheusmoreira on Saturday April 22, 2023 @07:22PM (#35671812)
Just no. If they want me available 24/7 they better compensate me really well for it. Even doctors won't do it without compensation. Better be some serious salary if being on call is baked into it.
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