Beaver Duty

Beaver Duty

Logs of Duty: On-call rotation

To start your shift with a peace of mind.

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Matt
Apr 25, 2025
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Rule #1: Nobody asked you to be a hero. If you don’t know, ask for help. You don’t have to solve everything yourself, even at 3am.

Rule #2: Don’t update your pager details and bear the consequences. If any issue happens at night, you won’t get a call. But your teammates will hate you. What is worse? Or don’t take on-call responsibilities if you can’t at …

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