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Are your developers forced to use laptops?

by lostmsu 4y ago

scarface74 4y ago
Do you propose they carry desktops back and forth from their office and to conference rooms?
- lostmsu 4y ago
  Every conference room could have a device to facilitate presentation.
  - scarface74 4y ago
    What device is going to have my PowerPoint slides, my IDE, my logged in AWS account, etc and everything else I need for demos? Where I work, every conference room in every corporate office has a TV and a dongle that you can plug in via either HDMI or USB C.
    - lostmsu 4y ago
      Any thin client would do.
      - scarface74 4y ago
        I’m going to have a “thin client” with my exact setup and my IDE, PowerPoint slides etc? Are you proposing that I work from a thin client? What happens when I’m working from home?
        lostmsu 4y ago
        It's only for meeting rooms.
        scarface74 4y ago
        So in a meeting, is this person who is presenting going to copy everything they need from their desktop? If it’s a group meeting will no one else have their computers with them?
        happymellon 4y ago
        1. I don't think you understand what a thin client is. 2. I have found that face-to-face meetings where other people bring their laptops usually means that they get distracted and don't participate.
        scarface74 4y ago
        You’re right, I am new to this whole cloud stuff, it’s not like I actually work for the largest cloud provider in the world in the consulting department where it’s my job to know this (hint: I do). It’s also not like I wrote my first line of code in 1986 (Hint guess what the 74 in my name signifies). Now that hopefully we can dispense with the idea that I don’t know how this computer stuff works. Please answer the question. How do I get everything I need from my computer to this thin client? How do I keep my environment in sync with this thin client?
        sbarre 4y ago
        My friend, you are being trolled.. Your responders keep moving the goal posts on you. You should just walk away.
gryf 4y ago
Unfortunately yes. I would rather a desktop but they don't know how to pay half as much for the same specification. The desks in the office are all equipped with docks and expensive WiFi mesh driven by COVID mentality so that is the status quo. Just send me a fucking workstation. Nope too hard.
- scarface74 4y ago
  Who wants to be in an office in 2022 unless necessary (specialized hardware, etc.)
  - gryf 4y ago
    Exactly that. I don't and I won't do it again.
sbarre 4y ago
Our company issues laptops yes, because everyone can choose to either work at home or in the office. That said, we also supply external monitors, keyboards and mice for anyone who wants one, and every worker has a discretionary budget to spend on home office accommodations (chair, standing desk, etc). I also suspect if a developer specifically asked for a desktop computer and could (lightly) justify the need for it, we would get them a desktop, and a laptop.

Are your developers forced to use laptops?

scarface74 4y ago

Do you propose they carry desktops back and forth from their office and to conference rooms?

lostmsu 4y ago
Every conference room could have a device to facilitate presentation.
- scarface74 4y ago
  What device is going to have my PowerPoint slides, my IDE, my logged in AWS account, etc and everything else I need for demos? Where I work, every conference room in every corporate office has a TV and a dongle that you can plug in via either HDMI or USB C.
  - lostmsu 4y ago
    Any thin client would do.
    - scarface74 4y ago
      I’m going to have a “thin client” with my exact setup and my IDE, PowerPoint slides etc? Are you proposing that I work from a thin client? What happens when I’m working from home?
      - lostmsu 4y ago
        It's only for meeting rooms.
        scarface74 4y ago
        So in a meeting, is this person who is presenting going to copy everything they need from their desktop? If it’s a group meeting will no one else have their computers with them?
        happymellon 4y ago
        1. I don't think you understand what a thin client is. 2. I have found that face-to-face meetings where other people bring their laptops usually means that they get distracted and don't participate.
        scarface74 4y ago
        You’re right, I am new to this whole cloud stuff, it’s not like I actually work for the largest cloud provider in the world in the consulting department where it’s my job to know this (hint: I do). It’s also not like I wrote my first line of code in 1986 (Hint guess what the 74 in my name signifies). Now that hopefully we can dispense with the idea that I don’t know how this computer stuff works. Please answer the question. How do I get everything I need from my computer to this thin client? How do I keep my environment in sync with this thin client?
        sbarre 4y ago
        My friend, you are being trolled.. Your responders keep moving the goal posts on you. You should just walk away.

gryf 4y ago

Unfortunately yes. I would rather a desktop but they don't know how to pay half as much for the same specification. The desks in the office are all equipped with docks and expensive WiFi mesh driven by COVID mentality so that is the status quo. Just send me a fucking workstation. Nope too hard.

scarface74 4y ago
Who wants to be in an office in 2022 unless necessary (specialized hardware, etc.)
- gryf 4y ago
  Exactly that. I don't and I won't do it again.

sbarre 4y ago

Our company issues laptops yes, because everyone can choose to either work at home or in the office. That said, we also supply external monitors, keyboards and mice for anyone who wants one, and every worker has a discretionary budget to spend on home office accommodations (chair, standing desk, etc). I also suspect if a developer specifically asked for a desktop computer and could (lightly) justify the need for it, we would get them a desktop, and a laptop.