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> If you can't find $200 for a tool to help you do your job, you're not really a professional. I am sorry if I misinterpreted you, but that was precisely what
by gchamonlive 7y ago
> If you can't find $200 for a tool to help you do your job, you're not really a professional.
I am sorry if I misinterpreted you, but that was precisely what you said.
Elaborating, I agree with you, reinvestment is really important to improve work and product quality.
- Lazare 7y ago> I am sorry if I misinterpreted you, but that was precisely what you said. If you have the money to spend on tools, but think Linux or VS Code is best, that's fine. If OS X would be better for you, but you use Linux because you can't afford the tools you need, that's a problem. Being able to find the money for something doesn't mean you have to spend the money. At the price point of a few hundred dollars a year or less, my concern is what's best, not what's cheapest. The company I work for will happily buy a Phpstorm license for any dev who wants one, but some are happy with VS Code, and one holdout is still using NetBeans. Nothing wrong with that!
- mcny 7y agoI can't even convince IT to put an SSD or increase my RAM from 8GB to 16 on this workstation. There's a process that I tried to go through and later my boss said they spent two hours on the phone with IT but it went nowhere so I asked my boss to not waste any more time on this nonsense. I can't imagine having to justify a subscription to IntelliJ at this workplace. At least I imagine you can bring your own license to Jetbrains on a work computer here, at least that is my understanding and I won't ask anyone lest they say I am wrong!
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