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Feeling valued is necessary for a junior. They deserve the same three monitors everybody else gets.

• eurasiantiger 4y ago
  I think devs would be better off having the equipment they need instead of everyone getting the same package. And yes, that includes juniors starting with a simple setup, and expand as they start to know what tools would make them more effective at the work they end up doing.
• macspoofing 4y ago
  >They deserve the same three monitors everybody else gets. I wouldn't make a strong statement like that. As a junior, you're just excited to be there, and gain experience. If the company policy is that you don't get the top-of-the-line hardware until you reach a certain professional milestone and this policy is applied equally then it's not the end of the world.
  • HelloNurse 4y ago
    It's the not-even-beginning of the world. Why work for someone so cheap? Why fight for a monitor, where at a competitor you could fight fort a raise?
  • MAGZine 4y ago
    You proffer that people should be fine being second-rate citizens so long as there is a policy outlining their second-ratedness? This is not the star-studded retention policy you think it is.
  • MattGaiser 4y ago
    > As a junior, you're just excited to be there, and gain experience. For the first few months perhaps. Then a friend sends a pic of his setup and tells you that he will split a referral bonus with you if you apply. It took me 4 months to find my first dev job, once I hit the 6 month mark, jobs came to me in abundance.
• ZetaZero 4y ago
  But they are getting the same junk as everyone else... " Everything is “reservable equipment” of garbage monitors, windows keyboards, and 400 dpi mice."
• Balgair 4y ago
  Wait, you guys get three monitors? I only get the one that I had to find in the closet-of-beige-machines.