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That’s true. It gets worse whenever there is a new release but overall I think the oncall experience has not been bad

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Yes, agree. lots of factors are in play. it would be better to check tier of your service. If its 0/1 then there are higher chance of more frequent sev2 or higher.

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+1 to all your points. To complete the picture I am adding some cons. Working in product team potentially have dark sides of burnout and leadership’s pressure of pleasing customers. Of course Crazy on-calls.

Not every product team is crazy but frnds we are living in the world where every product needs scale 😀 and everything needs up 24/7.

My advice to work in product team is to check your daily responsibilities for home and family and then choose.

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