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I code daily as a job and am perfectly fine with one external screen. So not every professional needs 2 display monitors.
by jurmous 4y ago
I code daily as a job and am perfectly fine with one external screen. So not every professional needs 2 display monitors.
- fredley 4y agoI'm surprised too. Built in + one external is what I've had most of my career. For a brief period I had two external and it was hell because OSX would switch them round on every wake from sleep.
- zimpenfish 4y agoI've been coding professionally since 1996 and I've used external screens for maybe 24 months of that (mostly pre-2000). Almost all of it has been single desktop screen or laptop.
- varispeed 4y agoI had a moment in my career using 5 screens for development. Then I learned how to use virtual desktops and never even looked for a second monitor since.
- olliej 4y agoSame, I can't stand multiple displays, and I spend a good amount time trying to adjust to it. I would always rather a single display to having to move my head around all the time. I do think for many folk laptops have a piss poor screen res so I can understand using an external display if you have the option in such a case, but still not two for software dev.