> These are software developers, they can damn well afford a laptop. Not necessarily. On the one level, you don't know their salaries (as they might have negot

> These are software developers, they can damn well afford a laptop. Not necessarily. On the one level, you don't know their salaries (as they might have negotiated badly or simply be underpaid), and then additionally they might pay a lot for housing, child support, debt, medicine, or other invisible expenses. Living in a place like San Francisco it can quickly add up.