> People like pager duty because they get to spend extra time with their families, because they like to go camping, or because they want the extra cash.
Adequately compensating on-call is, of course, the right way to do it. All sorts of considerations that were, otherwise, problems, such as how to ensure a "fair" rotation, magically go away [1].
Unfortunately, it's vanishingly rare, at least among "silicon valley" startups (and maybe all tech companies). I suspect it's one of those pieces of Ops wisdom that's vanished from the startup ecosystem because Ops, in general, is viewed as obsolete, especially by CTOs who are really Chief Software Development Officers.
Insofar as it's a prerequisite to all your other suggestions, it makes them non-starters in such companies.
[1] Although I suppose if the compensation is too generous, there may still end up being complaining about unfairness in allocation
Adequately compensating on-call is, of course, the right way to do it. All sorts of considerations that were, otherwise, problems, such as how to ensure a "fair" rotation, magically go away [1].
Unfortunately, it's vanishingly rare, at least among "silicon valley" startups (and maybe all tech companies). I suspect it's one of those pieces of Ops wisdom that's vanished from the startup ecosystem because Ops, in general, is viewed as obsolete, especially by CTOs who are really Chief Software Development Officers.
Insofar as it's a prerequisite to all your other suggestions, it makes them non-starters in such companies.
[1] Although I suppose if the compensation is too generous, there may still end up being complaining about unfairness in allocation