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When I worked as an employee I felt my job performance was hampered by the company policy of what went into the computers. (eg. they were crap). I swapped out j
by fleitz 16y ago
When I worked as an employee I felt my job performance was hampered by the company policy of what went into the computers. (eg. they were crap). I swapped out just about every component I could in those machines, some funded by the company, some funded personally.
Most professionals are expected to maintain their own tools.
Most mechanics have their own tools, having the tools you like to use at your disposal is essential to doing a good job. The tools are also far more expensive than a computer.
Personally, I would have loved to be able to bring my own computer to work and would have allowed me to drop the hassle of trying to hide the improvements I was making to their dev machine.
Buying your own computer in dev is kind of like a lawyer buying his own suits. It may affect his job if he doesn't look sharp. There are lots of places to work and if the place you work at doesn't recognize the additional productivity you have gained from buying good tools then perhaps it is not the place one should work.
- lylejohnson 16y agoAt my job I had the choice of the company buying me a Windows-based Dell notebook, or just using my own personal MacBook Pro that I paid for; I chose the latter. Sometimes I get a little riled up about the fact that they didn't offer to reimburse me for the expense, but on the other hand I'm glad that I wasn't forced to use the same tools everyone else does.
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- T-hawk 16y agoMost professionals have and maintain their own tools -- but tools in most other professions if poorly secured can't emit malware that sabotages everybody else's tools.
- mturmon 16y agoMachinists don't maintain their own lathes. My point is, I think there a lot of examples on both sides. A reasonable company should not argue about a $1.5K versus $3K laptop when they're paying so much more for salary, benefits, and overhead for the person using the system. At my workplace these total around $250K-$280K per person per year.