I had to do that once but the company wanted me to use a Mac over my own Linux. I can't stand anymore to be forced to use specific platforms to do my job. It's like going to a car repair and demand the mechanic to change your tire using a plastic wrench.
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I mean, it could make a difference if you had to use OS specyfic tools, but if you're going to just code, use whatever you want.
I think that's a tad excessive. Sure, Windows sucks, but it's not my machine so I don't give a shit. Now, if they expected me to bring my own machine and also insist that it's Windows, I'll get pissed off and refuse the offer. Their machine though? They can demand whatever they want, so long as I can actually do my job.
9/10 times it's not Windows I'm fighting against when I'm unable to do my job, it's the IT department not giving me admin rights over the right folders so I can't even install Docker without spending 3 days with them to get the right permissions.
Personally I also would not quit/back out just from that, but “it’s not my machine” misses the point, IMO. It’s a device I’m expected to use ~40 hours a week. Windows fucking sucks. Using that trash for half of my waking hours sucks. Been there, done that, I hope to hell I never have to again.
I think that depends a lot on what you're expected to do. I'd write an email like this if I were expected to be an effective developer on a Windows system. I use Linux because I use vim, not the other way around. I can't WSL for linux to use tmux or something and be nailed to one laptop screen, it just isn't worth it. Besides the whacky clipboard problems, it's just not sustainable to be permanently containerized in your host system IMO.
Now if you are using an "I"DE like vscode or something it's maybe not so bad because it at least plays on windows. Gvim is trash, and the whole reason to really lean in to vim/nvim is to sew your development environment right to any other program you need.
IDK, there's a dollar value beyond which I would not care, but it's a gross amount.
Yeah I care about my machine as much as it has my stuff inside, if it is not mine...
Does anyone actually believe this post??? Because it reads like upvote farming.
Not really. My employer provides win11 too, but I do over 60% of my job on debian machines running in hyper-v. (the other 40% are administrative tasks and work restricted environments)
Its posted in a humor sub soooo no
To be fair they tried posting it on the Linux community on .ml and there were so many upvotes and positive feedback that it crashed the server. So they had to post it again somewhere more balanced to limit the impact.
They say while using gmail.
It's tagged "Inbox", it looks like this is the recruiter's POV.
And preferring yet another proprietary OS.
Gmail is functional at what it sets out to do, which is send and receive email.
The sender is not expressing privacy concerns, they’re expressing functionality / utility concerns.
Gmail is functional at what it sets out to do
it is not. it can't even do such simple thing as sorting the inbox by the sender's name. it may seem functional to people who never used real mail client and were brainwashed into accepting this as the only available ui, but it is really not.
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99% companies have been using Windows for the past 30 years. I would gladly accept any job using Windows, even more if they paid well. I hate Windows way more than everyone else, but being unemployed is worse nowadays.
You assume they don't already have a job and we're just looking for other opportunities. Not everyone is unemployed before they apply for other jobs. If anything that is a good time to look as it gives you stronger position to negotiate from.
Senior backend engineering definitely doesn’t see 99% windows adoption rate.
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extremely based, I have no idea how any dev at my company tolerates windows.
in addition to how extremely slow and incapable the OS is in general,we have to submit tickets to run software because everything is installed through random .exes.
Lmao.
,we have to submit tickets to run software because everything is installed through random .exes.
You have to do that because your IT department doesn't trust you. There's no difference in danger between a dev with system access installing an exe or a DMG.
You have to do that because your IT department doesn't trust you.
Nor should they.
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It shouldn't have to be a privilege to be able to turn down a job because of poor decisions management makes, but you can really only get away with this if you have options.
Good for you. It's great to have the financial certainty to refuse an offer that doesn't sit well with you. What's better is having the moral backbone of refusing something because it would bother you, even if it means l less financial reward.
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