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No capes: the perils of being a hero-engineer (incident.io)
3 points by lawrjone on Feb 1, 2022 | hide | past | favorite | 3 comments


This isn't the author, but he is one of my colleagues.

The pattern of someone being 'that person' to handle incidents is something I've seen many times before. It's a situation that can–at first–be very positive for the individual, but can become an organisational issue (with bus factor) and a source of resentment if left too long.

Isaac (author) is someone I watched be one of these people, and then later support others in avoiding becoming that person, or at least mitigating the negatives.


Hello author here. Happy to chat about anyone experiencing being a hero-eng or having to manage one :)


Aka “Brent”




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