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"it's not like there is one person typing at a keyboard with a hundred managers breathing down their neck. These resolutions are collaborative, shared efforts"

Well, you'd be surprised about how one person can bring everything down and/or save the day at Facebook, Cloudflare, Google, Gitlab, etc. Most people are observers/cheerleaders when there is an incident.



> Most people are observers/cheerleaders when there is an incident.

Yeah, a typical fight/flight response.


Or most people simply don't have anything useful to add or do during an incident.


Taking all the available slots in the massive gvc warroom ain't much... but its honest work.




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