Thanks for sharing! I agree that ops can be demanding - although Iām able to switch to āemergency modeā pretty well, it still leaves me feeling drained and exhausted.
I think itās more than just deadlines or missed calls that makes ops challenging, here are just a few:
Constant task switching because you have to check emails and messages to respond quickly to time sensitive things, or chase people on your team for information you need
Not always feeling like youāve accomplished a lot because you worked on 5 different small things in the day, and made incremental progress on each (many ops projects naturally span 1-3 weeks and there isntā a good way to speed them up)
Things that help make this better for me
Good work cultureāI feel appreciated and valued by my team
LearningāIām learning a lot of skills that will be useful in any future project I try to do
Autonomy: I enjoy having ownership and autonomy over my domains.
Thanks for sharing! I agree that ops can be demanding - although Iām able to switch to āemergency modeā pretty well, it still leaves me feeling drained and exhausted.
I think itās more than just deadlines or missed calls that makes ops challenging, here are just a few:
Constant task switching because you have to check emails and messages to respond quickly to time sensitive things, or chase people on your team for information you need
Not always feeling like youāve accomplished a lot because you worked on 5 different small things in the day, and made incremental progress on each (many ops projects naturally span 1-3 weeks and there isntā a good way to speed them up)
Things that help make this better for me
Good work cultureāI feel appreciated and valued by my team
LearningāIām learning a lot of skills that will be useful in any future project I try to do
Autonomy: I enjoy having ownership and autonomy over my domains.
Yes, the context/ātask switching! Very under-explored in my post and can make things difficult.
Great to hear you have things that off-set the stress.