I don't usually mix personal hardware and software with work. The Corp usually hired me for "works for hire" (which is the typical arrangement in the US), which

I don't usually mix personal hardware and software with work. The Corp usually hired me for "works for hire" (which is the typical arrangement in the US), which means anything I create is theirs. Mixing in my personal hardware muddies the waters about who owns what, so it's just better to let them provide the hardware/software to do the job and use that instead of using my stuff.