All of us test in production all the time (2019)
"Engineers should be on call for their own code." - Would you rather work someplace you are expected to be on call 24/7, or a company that doesn't require that?<p>It isn't the norm, and it isn't competitive. It's just more "always on" culture in the workplace - and that's not healthy. A company should understand workers need real breaks - and being on call is not a real break.