Pros: free dinner for production pushes, startup environment
Cons: occasional 80 hour weeks
Loved the putting out of fires. The typical day was problem solving with an occasional meeting here or there. Many projects many tasks all culminating with a 24/7 mantra that any customer downtime however small was unacceptable.
Production pushes were the highlight of the month. All departments with representatives sitting in a room hoping the servers
– more... don't crash. When they did (which was seldom) the scene was frantic. There was a camaraderie you only see in the movies. "People helping people" as the overriding theme. Enjoyable to the end !! – less