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> I, for one, would never choose to work for a company that locked down Good luck finding a job in banking, government, healthcare, defense, retail, insurance,

> I, for one, would never choose to work for a company that locked down Good luck finding a job in banking, government, healthcare, defense, retail, insurance, securities, food, pharmaceutical, or pretty much anything other than social media. All of these industries are basically forced into “whitelisted software only” by some regulation or another.

Brian_K_White 8y ago
I for one, never did choose to work for such a company, and yet now I do anyway because my chosen small company was sold to a huge one, after I am 19 years in. It's almost like that was easier to say than to do.
- joshstrange 8y ago
  I'd like to clarify and point out I used the word "choose" very much so on purpose. There are a number of things that would effectively remove this choice from me. If tomorrow I was laid off and I couldn't find anything within a a couple of weeks I'd work at McDonalds to get by but for as long as I have the choice I'm not interested in locked down computers or locked down internet where I work. If I were in your position I'd have to weigh the pros and cons before deciding to look for a new job. You obviously decided the pros outweighed the cons and I don't hold it against you or anyone else.
joshstrange 8y ago
I think the size of the company determines this far more than the industry does. I prefer to work for smaller-sized companies or ones that don't treat their employees like children with locked down computers and access. I work in the corrections industry (think ankle bracelet monitoring) and there are no such regulations. In fact I use my personal computer for all my work people it blows the standard equipment out of the water. Even so all our devs have full root on their boxes and install whatever they want. Also I find it very hard to believe that everyone working at FAANG companies is using a locked down computer.

Brian_K_White 8y ago

I for one, never did choose to work for such a company, and yet now I do anyway because my chosen small company was sold to a huge one, after I am 19 years in. It's almost like that was easier to say than to do.

joshstrange 8y ago
I'd like to clarify and point out I used the word "choose" very much so on purpose. There are a number of things that would effectively remove this choice from me. If tomorrow I was laid off and I couldn't find anything within a a couple of weeks I'd work at McDonalds to get by but for as long as I have the choice I'm not interested in locked down computers or locked down internet where I work. If I were in your position I'd have to weigh the pros and cons before deciding to look for a new job. You obviously decided the pros outweighed the cons and I don't hold it against you or anyone else.

joshstrange 8y ago

I think the size of the company determines this far more than the industry does. I prefer to work for smaller-sized companies or ones that don't treat their employees like children with locked down computers and access. I work in the corrections industry (think ankle bracelet monitoring) and there are no such regulations. In fact I use my personal computer for all my work people it blows the standard equipment out of the water. Even so all our devs have full root on their boxes and install whatever they want. Also I find it very hard to believe that everyone working at FAANG companies is using a locked down computer.