5 ms·

I still didn't get how bare Windows VM can speed up a new developer on-boarding. In all my jobs slowest part was always familiarization with a new build/deploy

by betaby 5y ago

I still didn't get how bare Windows VM can speed up a new developer on-boarding. In all my jobs slowest part was always familiarization with a new build/deploy environment. OS/Laptop setup was always trivial and took 1-2 day max, even in orgs with 20k employees.

ehutch79 5y ago
"No one told us about a new hire... when do they start... what do you mean a week ago?" is a big delay in new employee onboarding
- edoceo 5y ago
  That seems really far along the process to recognize the mistakes.
  - ehutch79 5y ago
    You'd think that?
- ed_elliott_asc 5y ago
  “We don’t give admin right to install software” (except they do, you just need to ask the right person - there is always someone who will)
  - 908B64B197 5y ago
    If you don't have admin on your workstation, that's a huge red flag.
    - ehutch79 5y ago
      Only if you're a dev or something, general office workers don't need admin access. Though I'll add pretty much anything legit to our self service installs.
    - tatersolid 5y ago
      Nearly every compromised or bricked workstation I’ve seen in the last 20 years was a developer’s (or QA) machine with local root/admin. Standard users don’t get local root/admin in a corporate environment since the Win2k days, and seem to have few issues in comparison. Many devs seem perfectly willing to pull any random executable off the internet and run it without inspection or concern. Because they “know what they are doing”, right?
znpy 5y ago
Lol not everyone is a developer. This offering makes perfect sense to replace those dumb dell machines equipped with 4gb ram and a core i3 with even dumber machine and slash the local it team. Think of thin clients, all over again. Think of call centers. Think of receptionists, or bank clerks that all they do is use internal web-based software, and print a pdf file. No more hardware maintenance, just throw away the whole thing (the dumb terminal) and replace it with a new one, we'll send it in for repair later.
- AlphaSite 5y ago
  You still need something to run the thing client, thin client doesn’t mean no client. So where does it run?
  - twobitshifter 5y ago
    I’ve seen organizations that just run Intel nucs.
  - znpy 5y ago
    Anything really, even a raspberry pi could do. Heck, you could even netboot the raspberry pi and save on SD cards too.

by betaby 5y ago

ehutch79 5y ago

"No one told us about a new hire... when do they start... what do you mean a week ago?" is a big delay in new employee onboarding

edoceo 5y ago
That seems really far along the process to recognize the mistakes.
- ehutch79 5y ago
  You'd think that?
ed_elliott_asc 5y ago
“We don’t give admin right to install software” (except they do, you just need to ask the right person - there is always someone who will)
- 908B64B197 5y ago
  If you don't have admin on your workstation, that's a huge red flag.
  - ehutch79 5y ago
    Only if you're a dev or something, general office workers don't need admin access. Though I'll add pretty much anything legit to our self service installs.
  - tatersolid 5y ago
    Nearly every compromised or bricked workstation I’ve seen in the last 20 years was a developer’s (or QA) machine with local root/admin. Standard users don’t get local root/admin in a corporate environment since the Win2k days, and seem to have few issues in comparison. Many devs seem perfectly willing to pull any random executable off the internet and run it without inspection or concern. Because they “know what they are doing”, right?

znpy 5y ago

Lol not everyone is a developer. This offering makes perfect sense to replace those dumb dell machines equipped with 4gb ram and a core i3 with even dumber machine and slash the local it team. Think of thin clients, all over again. Think of call centers. Think of receptionists, or bank clerks that all they do is use internal web-based software, and print a pdf file. No more hardware maintenance, just throw away the whole thing (the dumb terminal) and replace it with a new one, we'll send it in for repair later.

AlphaSite 5y ago
You still need something to run the thing client, thin client doesn’t mean no client. So where does it run?
- twobitshifter 5y ago
  I’ve seen organizations that just run Intel nucs.
- znpy 5y ago
  Anything really, even a raspberry pi could do. Heck, you could even netboot the raspberry pi and save on SD cards too.