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SWEs are issued a desktop machine, and a laptop. The laptop (Mac, Linux or Windows; employee's choice) is essentially a very expensive remote desktop client. Al
by jacobmarble 9y ago
SWEs are issued a desktop machine, and a laptop. The laptop (Mac, Linux or Windows; employee's choice) is essentially a very expensive remote desktop client. All development work (except some OSS stuff) is performed on the desktop machine.
(Or that's how it was when I worked there until 2016.)
- pythonaut_16 9y agoAre Chromebook Pixels a common SWE laptop then? That seems like almost the exact case that they're designed for
- dward 9y agoYes chromebooks are very common developer laptops, up there in numbers with (still most popular) macbooks and linux laptops. They are more than sufficient for the lion's share of engineering roles. Corp engineering is pushing them hard because they are cheap and secure.