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One thing I wish I'd asked before starting the job I currently have is how much IT likes to dictate what you can and cannot do on your work machine. They block
by ben174 9y ago
One thing I wish I'd asked before starting the job I currently have is how much IT likes to dictate what you can and cannot do on your work machine.
They block iCloud, Messages.app, have some horrible resource-heavy anti-virus, and a ton of other restrictions on my machine that impair my ability to get my job done.
- base698 9y ago"can I expense equipment I deem adequate if the tools you give me don't suffice?"
- BoiledCabbage 9y agoAnswer: "Dependent on circumstances and cost"
- santaclaus 9y ago> iCloud, Messages.app At least you get to use macOS at work, mad jealous!
- pmalynin 9y agoCome work at Intuit, we get to use a Mac and the apps aren't blocked.
- cdancette 9y agothe company that lobbied against a free and simple tax filling software ?
- indemnity 9y agoFirst thing I did when promoted to a position of responsibility - Gave all developers Macs if they wanted them. Cue disappearance of frequent grumbling about “IT”, since worst they can do now is install McAfee, which is worked around by exclusions for devs (with absolutely everything thrown into exclusion folder!). Shit actually gets done and “fuckin IT” is no longer a valid excuse for not delivering.
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- dajohnson89 9y agoThis. If I were told I had to VPN from a brick laptop into a VM, both widows machines, with heavily restricted permissions, I would have cut the interview short.