#oncall

Picking Speakers Without Picking Favorites

“In an eight-person standup the same two people speak every day. In a sixteen-person oncall rotation the same four take 80% of the pages. The fix isn't 'let's be more inclusive' — it's making the picking mechanical so the loudest voice and the manager's habits stop deciding. I built a wheel-spinner called Fate Games. The fairness story turned out to be one specific algorithm — a depleting pool — and the choice to lean all the way into the snark.”