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>Ask IT to get them a laptop Hah! It's never ready in time :-) Although one startup I worked for was bought by IBM. We were issued our new (Thinkpad) laptops
by jhallenworld 8y ago
>Ask IT to get them a laptop
Hah! It's never ready in time :-)
Although one startup I worked for was bought by IBM. We were issued our new (Thinkpad) laptops on takeover day (very organized) and were introduced to this thing called "Lotus Notes". We had all been using Thunderbird so this was quite a shock.
- privacypoller 8y agoGenerally true - I had a contracting engagement start where they paid me to sit there and "program without a computer" for more than a week while they tried to get one built. My most recent start however was super-refreshing; Brand new computer with all standard developer software, network connections and accounts setup and waiting for me at the start of day 1. The phone that I never use but was required to get took another week to get setup & configured however...
- madengr 8y agoThe sad thing is that Outlook is better than Notes.