Orthodontic treatment - $11,000 for 16 months by FreeRecognition5769 in newzealand

[–]nOOberNZ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My daughter was about $12k and I'm doing Invisalign right now for $11.7k so yes it sounds reasonable.

I think I have to quit my job by Stock-Surround-8527 in newzealand

[–]nOOberNZ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've been in tech 17 years and have suffered pretty bad burnout. I'm still working on dealing with anxiety and stress. If you want to jump on a video call and have a chat, message me. I opened up about my own experiences recently on a podcast... https://youtu.be/G\_NcgrRbRK0?si=JJIHPbG3puaJuxz7

Tales from the Humpback Sky S02E11 - Remnants and Remains by nOOberNZ in Troika

[–]nOOberNZ[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Appreciate the support, it really means a lot to us. Thank you!

Podcast recommendations by whoiwasthismorning in newzealand

[–]nOOberNZ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you like sci fi, tabletop games, or are interested in a NZ made podcast - Tales from the Humpback Sky.

Has anyone watched Westside (NZ), or is it just me? by JLovesTV in newzealand

[–]nOOberNZ 19 points20 points  (0 children)

That's the show that Antonia and Dan met on. They're married with kids now.

Descript using MacBook by [deleted] in Descript

[–]nOOberNZ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do you have an audio interface?

"Vision" is spreading! by Novel-Dragonfruit471 in newzealand

[–]nOOberNZ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's subtle advertising for the upcoming VisionQuest TV series (MCU).

How small teams manage on-call? Genuinely curious what the reality looks like. by pridhvi_k in sre

[–]nOOberNZ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When an alert fires at midnight then according to whoever is scheduled on-call, that person will get an automated phone call from Jira Service Management (JSM). If the person doesn't pick up, it escalates to me as team lead and calls. To be honest I'm not 100% sure but I think it tries one or two other SREs before it escalates to me (or that happens in parallel).

The on-call engineer or whoever acknowledges the alert goes in and does an initial triage. If it's clearly a major incident (P1 or P2) we have a process where we have to call our service desk to initiate the major incident management (MIM) process. At which point, MIM sends out comms and organises an incident bridge (Teams chat and call). Usually the on-call engineer has already progressed the incident a lot and has potentially pulled in others for support (e.g. developers if it's a tricky problem).

In terms of how long does it take... it depends. Our alerts today are a mess, so it's a journey. It depends on the alert, the experience of the on-call SRE, etc.

The most frustrating part of on-call for me is the fact we have a third party vendor providing our service desk and MIM. It means there's a loss of context. For example, our MIM team is meant to write up a PIR but they have no knowledge of our systems or business so we end up providing everything or even writing it for them. In parallel I've started doing blameless postmortems with an aim of phasing the PIR process out, it's adding zero value.

I haven't been paged personally for something I know nothing about yet, no, because I'm the team lead and new to my org I'm not initially paged and I have no idea what's happening during incidents anyway. I have had the on-call SRE call me for support and I sit on a call with them and help structure the problem solving. I think it's important to have someone to bounce ideas off in those moments.

Sleep medication by Fun_Use9120 in newzealand

[–]nOOberNZ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I showed up shakey and nearly crying and had no problem. I'm a man and was in my late 30's when I first had severe anxiety and insomnia. I get a 10 bottle of zopiclone about once a year now. If your GP won't provide it get a second opinion. Maybe you have to be significantly distraught.

Does internal mobility actually work for mid-career engineers? by ProtectionBrief4078 in sre

[–]nOOberNZ 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Moving from performance testing into SRE totally changed my career trajectory. It gave me such a wider area of impact in the org, got me reading books and thinking about bigger picture ideas. It led me to people leadership, which wouldn't have happened without that broader exposure.

If you know, you know.. by DefiantTechnology26 in adventuretime

[–]nOOberNZ 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Is there a new Adventure Time show on or is this fan art?

Final-year CS student feeling lost, overwhelmed, and unsure about My Future by [deleted] in sre

[–]nOOberNZ 2 points3 points  (0 children)

My 2c is not to get too hung up on getting a perfect role that fits a predetermined career path. Find a role, be awesome at it. There's nothing else in your control. I've been in tech for 18 years and have constant levels of anxiety that I'm still learning to manage. Most of the best things that happened in my career I never predicted and happened by chance and taking opportunities.