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Then maybe they should pay people to be ready to fix bugs 24/7.

They won’t. No one will. They want their salaried employees to also be firefighters and the premise is absurd.

I don’t take calls at night; you cannot reach me. What are they gonna do, fire me?

Good joke. I run interviews and staffing someone who knows their left hand from their right is nearly impossible. Leverage works wonders.



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