POV: you're on a date with an oncall SWE 🚨

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Why it worked

The video uses a relatable scenario for people in tech, highlighting the common experience of being 'on call' and having work interrupt personal time. The humor comes from the contrast between the romantic date setting and the urgent work demands, making it shareable among those who understand the software engineering lifestyle.

Summary

A person on a date with a software engineer is interrupted when the engineer receives an urgent work notification. The engineer reassures their date that they will only be a few minutes before having to attend to the issue.

Structure

1Setting the scene: a date with a software engineer.
2The engineer receives an alert, causing a brief interruption.
3The engineer reassures their date that the issue is minor.

Original caption

Youre on a date with a software engineer and he gets paged, wyd? #softwareengineer #oncall #coding #csmajor #techjobs

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Product placement

The video shows a person who is a software engineer on call. They receive an alert on their phone and then use a laptop and headset to address an issue with 'services' being down, implying a need for a service like Cloudflare to manage or monitor these services.

Call to action

I'll text you.

On-screen text

POV: you're on a date with an oncall SWE 🚨 Tiffany backpack oh right chill is nice holy that worry under you what on now Can you see my screen? services drop connect um mine's have now hi

Transcript

Tiffany: yeah Tiffany: what's with the backpack? Tiffany: oh Tiffany: right Tiffany: I'm on call right now, but it's gonna be super chill. Tiffany: This view is so nice. Tiffany: holy Tiffany: that Tiffany: Oh no, don't worry. Tiffany: Everything's under control, I promise. Tiffany: you Tiffany: I got to take this. You stay right here. Tiffany: What is going on? Tiffany: Can you see my screen? Tiffany: All of her services are down. Tiffany: I'm seeing a 20% drop. Tiffany: Yo, it's a cool vibe. Connect your hotspot? Tiffany: Um Tiffany: Bro, mine's almost out. Tiffany: have Tiffany: so much fun, but I have to go to the office right now and do some more work, but I'll text you.