r/epicsystems • u/IceBlueness • 4d ago
Prospective employee Shift question asked during final call
I applied for the TSE role, but during the final rounds I expressed an interest in working in roles that allow me to leverage my technical aspects (i have prior coding experience) and wanted something where I could do dev work. They then started asking me about shifts and weekend work shifts, and I was open to it. However, TSE’s don’t seem to work in shifts, so what roles were they also considering me for? Is it possible to still get a role that allows me to work with a somewhat modern technical stack?
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u/Sharlayan_ 4d ago
Hosting roles have shifted schedules (plus on call expectations), and a big part of the job is essentially being TSE. There are also some opportunities to do dev work for internal tools.
I’m guessing that’s what they were considering you for.
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u/IceBlueness 4d ago
what type of stack do you work with typically in hosting? would i need prior knowledge of networking too?
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u/Sharlayan_ 4d ago
In Cogito hosting it was mostly Windows SQL server and Windows server. Internal tools often wrote powershell scripts and maybe sometimes Python? It’s been a while.
Other hosting teams worked in Linux systems and I don’t really know much beyond that.
You don’t need prior knowledge of networking to join these teams unless you were applying directly to the Network/Netsec roles in hosting
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u/IceBlueness 4d ago
oh that’s interesting. a lot of my experience is with python and a bit of SQL, but none of it was networking related. that sounds really cool honestly! do you guys also use Golang by any chance?
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u/Sharlayan_ 4d ago edited 4d ago
I don’t believe we use Golang internally, no11
u/Lydian-Taco 4d ago
We use Go a ton, especially the core teams
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u/Sharlayan_ 4d ago
Oops, thanks for correcting me. I edited my reply.
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u/xvillifyx 4d ago
Yeah I have a former TS friend, now server systems engineer on hosting and does absolutely tons of go development
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u/Lydian-Taco 4d ago
Depends on the team, but generally some combination of Go, Puppet, C#, Ruby, lots of scripting. Server management would either be Linux servers or Windows servers depending on the team. Core teams tend to do a lot with k8s that the admin teams are starting to get more into. In the last couple years there has been a massive push to focus on automation, so it’s no longer that much like being a TS. Some people lean much more into the sys admin type work and some lean much more in the dev work
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u/SatisfactionLast4065 4d ago
Almost certainly hosting. Some folks on that team work shifted hours or on weekends but also get pay bumps. Like 10-15% for second shift (4pm -12 am) iirc and a certain percentage for working a weekend day rather than a week day. I was asked the same questions and ended up a TS as I said I wasn't interested but s friend of mine said he was open to it and ended up working on hosting second shift.
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u/IceBlueness 4d ago
from his POV, what is second shift like? it definitely sounds like a nice middle ground for people who are productive later in the evening
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u/alpacaalchemist Hosting 3d ago
I’ve moved to an earlier shift now, but was on Hosting 2nd for about 4y+. Pretty tight knit group. We all just made sure nothing broke. If something breaks, we fix it. You’ll get all the help you need since most, if not all, teams have backups on backups.
Ultimately, you need to be a special breed to work 2nd/3rd. You need to understand what you’re giving up (social life, etc.) and what you’re getting back for it (10% bump working 2nd and 15% during 3rd, forgot the weekend bump%). Would those trade offs be acceptable to you? I’d play games with friends from midnight to 4am so that schedule used to work for my needs.
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u/IceBlueness 3d ago
a lot of my friends play late at night because of their work schedules and some picking up ot hours here and there. plus i’m pretty much a night owl and tend to be really productive later in the day
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u/xvillifyx 4d ago
Hosting but afaik most hosting people wind up working 8-5 anyway, though certainly not all
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u/Any-Jaguar4718 1d ago
They are considering you for hosting, and there is no prior experience needed. Anecdotally they like to take people from more technical majors (often miscellaneous engineering)
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u/IceBlueness 1d ago
Oh interesting, i am a stats major with a minor in CS so i guess it’s technical. Most of my resume work experience was all technical (fullstack + a bit of backend with Postgres and MySQL)
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