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Thanks for the advice. I had an internship at medium-sized manufacturer in California, above SF a bit. Was really cool to be next to a bunch of CNC machines while writing some code. I think I’ll try to find that vibe again sometime.
How close to Sebastopol? I went to visit out there and kinda dig the area.
Similar: How to get into cool/cutting edge technical roles without on-call duty? Nothing makes me want to leave this industry more than having to plan evenings and weekends around on-call shifts I didn't volunteer for and get shuffled around less than a month in advance. My expertise is all distributed systems and database engines =\
We have a friend who’s totally nuts. He thinks about work 24.7.365 because he’s always on call. When we go on hikes he has his laptop in his backpack “in case they page me”…
Similar: How to get into cool/cutting edge technical roles without on-call duty? Nothing makes me want to leave this industry more than having to plan evenings and weekends around on-call shifts I didn't volunteer for and get shuffled around less than a month in advance. My expertise is all distributed systems and database engines =\
On-call requirements is what made me steer clear of SRE or devops/sysadmin roles even though I enjoy it. We have a friend who’s totally nuts. He thinks about work 24.7.365 because he’s always on call. When we go on hikes he has his laptop in his backpack “in case they page me”…
And hilariously I enjoy the fire-fighting and deep root-causing under pressure. But 99% of it is waking up in the middle of the night for a faulty alarm.