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You can obviously reject a job for any reason you like. Personally, I decided some twenty years ago that I never wanted to work with Microsoft products again,
by scbrg 5y ago
You can obviously reject a job for any reason you like.
Personally, I decided some twenty years ago that I never wanted to work with Microsoft products again, and have since passed on quite a few opportunities because that. My stress levels went down significantly after making that decision, though. Asking to be comfortable with something you spend a majority of your wake time on is not unreasonable.
- GianFabien 5y agoI'm in the same camp. Working in MS-free zones. Obviously I have technical biases that supported the switch. BUT, the main reason is the managements that insist on only using MS products tend to be less far welcoming of innovations and intolerant towards staff who question the status-quo and suggest improvements.
- amatecha 5y agoThat's awesome. I'm curious, what platform(s)/software are you using in your day-to-day? No obligation to answer, just always interested to hear what kind of environments other people are working in! :)
- GianFabien 5y agoMain machine is a desktop with 3 LCDs, Debian Bullseye quad core CPU, 32GB RAM, SSD for OS, 4TB spinning rust for files, etc. Several ancilliary servers running NetBSD. An old Samsung ChromeBook on the road and 2009 MBP (on its third battery) for very occasional use. Software: LibreOffice, Gimp, FireFox/Chrome. Mostly develop in C, JS and Python.