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by diveandfight 2220 days ago
>I mention on-call duty because it is “peculiar” in that the only other profession requiring this kind of responsiveness is doctors, literal lifesavers. When you go on-call for the first time, it’s terrifying and tells you “holy crap, this is serious.”

... or literally thousands of people in the military right now, oil rig work, countless other IT help desk jobs, etc.