operations based on US west coast could definitely benefit from a few people on the other side of the world to achieve a 24/7 coverage while keeping a good work-life balance.
Local nerds can be noctournal too. Letting people pick their preferred shift is just as important as accommodating other kinds of physiological diversity.
Can confirm.
You'd normally want the 24/7 people to be part of the day to day operations, otherwise they will quickly stop being up to date, so their don't go out of the knowledge loop, so selecting the reasonable timezone set is not trivial.
yeah, my assumption was that the team in another TZ would also work together on the same thing. Yes it has some challenges, but there are a few upsides beside the oncall coverage (e.g. increase in talent pool)