There is a factor to consider: Having an awesome setup, is something underprivileged kids also need. To show off, yes, but also because it gives them the feelin

There is a factor to consider: Having an awesome setup, is something underprivileged kids also need. To show off, yes, but also because it gives them the feeling of not being ten social classes below. Once you break that feeling, they are able to reach much higher. Imagine you are going to a new company. The company is doing all their development work on a remote server (e.g. Visual Studio Codespaces) accessed by browser. What would you think when they give you a 5 year old, second-hand, ugly ThinkPad to you as a developer earning your $100k-$200k (or whatever a dev in California earns nowadays). The company would do the right thing, but the typical developer would be insulted. You would ask where your MacBook/Carbon X1/whatever is. I am also not a fan of people showing off. But the act itself is still good.