I'm on call a day at a time roughly every nine days or so. It definitely matters how often pages happen. On my team they are very infrequent, so being oncall is hardly a burden at all. I just have to remember to bring my laptop.
Maybe it's a psychological thing, with different people responding differently. But it isn't a huge drain on my life, at all.
Maybe it's a psychological thing, with different people responding differently. But it isn't a huge drain on my life, at all.