Once upon a Time I worked at a job where one of the employees was using a very old yellowing keyboard. I asked him why and he said that's what they gave him. I

Once upon a Time I worked at a job where one of the employees was using a very old yellowing keyboard. I asked him why and he said that's what they gave him. I almost felt the dejection in his voice, as in without a good keyboard he would never be a truly great employee. But at the same time he was at the company for a decade and never really got a raise. For me, assuming the company doesn't have a policy against it I'll go out and buy a $200 keyboard just to get into the zone. I feel like I'm much more productive after investing that much. But this goes into my philosophy on jobs in general, your boss is never trying to improve your skill set. He or she only wants you to know just enough to do your job, in fact they'd probably prefer you remain too stupid to leave.