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> Why doesn’t he have proper equipment? Oh, oh, I know this one! Because the equipment is standardized for the entire organization, meaning that it's optimized

> Why doesn’t he have proper equipment? Oh, oh, I know this one! Because the equipment is standardized for the entire organization, meaning that it's optimized for the administrative branch who uses mostly Powerpoint and Outlook. For the extra credit: Of course you can order specialized equipment, but it will come out of your department's budget (because it's non-standard) and there might not be enough. It may also take weeks to arrive, a business case justification, and/or quotes from several vendors. Paying for it yourself also won't do - Bring-Your-Own-Device may be forbidden due to security concerns, and I have yet to see a company that allows me to buy more RAM with my own money. There's also the question of what a "high quality headset" is, but that's probably a different topic.

Grimm665 5y ago
> and I have yet to see a company that allows me to buy more RAM with my own money Reminds me of a funny story from my first IT internship. Got a ticket for a weird issue from a software developer on the floor above. Went to visit his desk, and found he was a quiet, shy, but likeable guy who was having trouble with some hardware in his workstation. He gave me a cheeky look before opening his company-supplied desktop, and it was completely full of custom parts he had slowly installed himself over the course of years to improve his workflow. This guy had a PCIe SSD, in 2011, while the rest of the company still had spinning rust.