I don't really want to have a debate about this on HN, but I do have some points of curiosity: What kinds of work are you hiring for? Are these young/newly min

I don't really want to have a debate about this on HN, but I do have some points of curiosity: What kinds of work are you hiring for? Are these young/newly minted CS grads looking for SW jobs? If they're new grads, they're gonna push boundaries - academia is so different from the workforce. The naivety I'm sure is just inexperience. Acting like a mentor instead of a Corporate Suit can rectify their expectations. P.S. On equipment purchases: my last three companies provided laptops as daily workstations (is this uncommon?) - they went home every night (yay business continuity policy), came to the office every morning. And traveled to conferences and bootcamps as needed. If your company is providing desktops, I think it comes down to whether this one-day bootcamp business is a personal enrichment exercise (at the employee's expense) or whether the company is compelling attendance. Obviously in the first case, the employee should be using their own hardware - in this case, maybe it's a bit entitled to expect a hardware purchase for the event.