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Really well done man, I think this was a great explanation of how software engineers handle an on-call shift. Hope your channel continues to keep growing!
Another great informational video. Thank you for sharing your experience. You have no idea how much this help viewer like me to get deeper insight of what’s like to work at Microsoft. Keep up the good work :D Lol and I take 15 mins nap too. Super effective way to refresh.
Haha. I'm glad you enjoyed the video. I think 50% of the fun working at a large tech company is just the office itself. Lots of stuff to do on campus. 15 minute naps are definitely the way to go. Anything longer usually leads to me sleeping for 4 hours lol
Your channel popped up on my recommended! I like your content and also work at Microsoft. I think there's a lot of similar minded folks like us on personal finance in teams/yammer
Hey Ka Tai, 2 questions for ya. 1- Is it possible to opt out and have someone that's willing to trade oncall assignments; for example A will take B's oncall this week, and B will take A's oncall next week because that week is more convenient for him? 2- In MSFT do you guys go oncall on weekends also? Is it possible to be required to go on call on Sundays for example?
It varies a lot depending on what I am working on. If I had to guess I would say maybe 4-5 hours a day. (writing, testing, and debugging code) Some days I have a lot of meetings and there isn't a lot of time to code. There are also other random things that I need to do throughout the day such as: investigating some issue, reviewing pull requests, helping or getting help from a colleague, and the occasional random training that I was supposed to do 2 weeks ago :) As people get further along their career I think they code a lot less. You naturally become more involved with design and lead projects which ultimately just means you are in a lot more meetings.
I think it varies a lot between products and teams. Anything that is directly related to customer experience is definitely stressful. Luckily I’m not on-call often which is mostly dependent on your team size.
Good question. I do not get paid extra for being on-call. Whether I do a lot or do nothing at all. I am sure there are other roles or companies that pay extra for being on-call. I would assume for those type of agreements you get paid regardless even if nothing happens.
Hi everyone, I hope you enjoyed this video. I accidentally deleted my whole project and missed my weekly Wednesday upload.. :( Subscribe for more content and let me know what other videos you'd like to see! :) Thanks for 100 subs!
Im on my first on-call rotation this week. Don't really know what to expect. Thanks for doing this!
I hope it went well! :)
Really well done man, I think this was a great explanation of how software engineers handle an on-call shift. Hope your channel continues to keep growing!
Nice Vid , my on-call is 6pm through to 8am for a whole week , so i feel your pain when you get an alert at the end of your shift.
Another great informational video.
Thank you for sharing your experience.
You have no idea how much this help viewer like me to get deeper insight of what’s like to work at Microsoft.
Keep up the good work :D
Lol and I take 15 mins nap too. Super effective way to refresh.
Haha. I'm glad you enjoyed the video. I think 50% of the fun working at a large tech company is just the office itself. Lots of stuff to do on campus.
15 minute naps are definitely the way to go. Anything longer usually leads to me sleeping for 4 hours lol
Your channel popped up on my recommended! I like your content and also work at Microsoft. I think there's a lot of similar minded folks like us on personal finance in teams/yammer
Hi! We are probably in some of the same financial groups :D
15 minute nap is just long enough to make me even more tired. Good content though!
It's definitely a gamble :p
Cute doggo at 4:54 🥺❤️
Laughed so much when he said everything was broken when he came back after vacation
OMG You actually get up at 6 am! I usually still get up at 9 unless I get paged xD
LOL hahaha
great content, keep it up!
Thanks a lot. I really appreciate it!
I be out here getting paged at 2 am T.T
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Hey Ka Tai, 2 questions for ya.
1- Is it possible to opt out and have someone that's willing to trade oncall assignments; for example A will take B's oncall this week, and B will take A's oncall next week because that week is more convenient for him?
2- In MSFT do you guys go oncall on weekends also? Is it possible to be required to go on call on Sundays for example?
Yes to both questions
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Sir I need a job like you...what should I learn to get a job..I mean which skill should I opt for the future?
Hey, how many hours of actual code on avg per day?
It varies a lot depending on what I am working on. If I had to guess I would say maybe 4-5 hours a day. (writing, testing, and debugging code) Some days I have a lot of meetings and there isn't a lot of time to code. There are also other random things that I need to do throughout the day such as: investigating some issue, reviewing pull requests, helping or getting help from a colleague, and the occasional random training that I was supposed to do 2 weeks ago :)
As people get further along their career I think they code a lot less. You naturally become more involved with design and lead projects which ultimately just means you are in a lot more meetings.
@@kataiho4405 Right thats what I noticed too! Thank you for the response!
Where do you live ?
On Call is stressful in general, how is it in Microsoft?
I think it varies a lot between products and teams. Anything that is directly related to customer experience is definitely stressful. Luckily I’m not on-call often which is mostly dependent on your team size.
@@kataiho4405 Thanks for replying. How often are you on call? Which team do you belong?
Loved your content.
I am on-call around 4 times a year which is really nice. I can't say the specific team but I work in the Office org.
Do you get paid while being on call even if you don’t do anything?
Good question. I do not get paid extra for being on-call. Whether I do a lot or do nothing at all. I am sure there are other roles or companies that pay extra for being on-call. I would assume for those type of agreements you get paid regardless even if nothing happens.
are you chinese? so good english level! I need subtitle to watch this videos
Yes, haha. Thanks.
are you being paid for being on call?
No, there is no extra pay :(
Some people can get lucky and join a team that has no or very light on-call though.