Ask HN: I'm a dev who never wants to be on call again. What are my best options?

  • Program different kinds of software. "On call" isn't a thing for some kinds of software. If it's not deployed to a production server, it likely doesn't have software engineers on call.

  • A company that has internal customers that go to bed every day. Bankers, underwriters, etc

  • I'd aim for a giant bank / financial services company. Some still mandate dedicated Ops/Prod Support teams. It can definitely have it's drawbacks, but you're very unlikely to ever be called out.

  • Not an answer to your question but I used to keep the on call money in a separate pot. Then over time I would buy something fun from the pot, like some new tech. I found this helped me.

  • HFT is one, they switch off when they leave for the night, unless it's crypto. HFT is demanding in other ways though

  • Dry corporate software that is only used during work hours in your time zone.