> Meanwhile the average on-call engineer at a large company has none of these freedoms. The underlying systems are chosen for them and they just have to deal with it.
In most cases they have all of those freedoms, and the only barrier is one that's shared with the self-employed person: not liking the consequences of choosing those options.
They could negotiate with their manager to lessen the load. They could upgrade the systems. They could straight-up refuse on call.
They don't because they don't like the consequences of taking these options—and neither does the self-employed person!
In most cases they have all of those freedoms, and the only barrier is one that's shared with the self-employed person: not liking the consequences of choosing those options.
They could negotiate with their manager to lessen the load. They could upgrade the systems. They could straight-up refuse on call.
They don't because they don't like the consequences of taking these options—and neither does the self-employed person!