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When I started at Amazon they gave us dual 22" monitors. I bought dual 27" dells and a gfx card to back them and plugged it in. I also explained how much I was
by grogenaut 8y ago
When I started at Amazon they gave us dual 22" monitors. I bought dual 27" dells and a gfx card to back them and plugged it in. I also explained how much I was swapping with 8gb and a virt (45 minutes of lost productivity a day), and ram was $86. Manager happily expensed ram for me and the rest of the team . 2 years later that was the standard setup. Now I have 7 monitors and 3 PC's from multiple projects and oses and hardware reups and interns. None funded by me. The dells are happily on my quad tree at home.
Amazon also allows you to byoc and image it. Images are easily available. Bias for action gets u far.
- xfitm3 8y agoTIL Bias for action.
- gebeeson 8y agoAs did I and the excellent rabbit hole that it led to.
- jbgreer 8y agoA colleague at my office recently brought in a 43" 4K TV to use as a monitor. He was reimbursed immediately. After a few days I bought one, too, took it home, and took the 2x 23" monitors it replaced to the office. In a different department another friend systematically acquired new large monitors for her dev team. Her management chain complained about the expense. Bias for action not only gets you far, it attracts folks to your team inside a company. ;-)
- vl 8y agoWhen I worked at Amazon in 2009 I brought my own monitor, chair and keyboard, because standard one were, well... sub-standard. :)