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> Finally, the kid is now apparently the lead programmer in his own frigging department but somehow does not have the authority to change his desk chair. Sadly
by shalmanese 14y ago
> Finally, the kid is now apparently the lead programmer in his own frigging department but somehow does not have the authority to change his desk chair.
Sadly, this is probably the most believable part of the entire story :(.
- zheng 14y agoNot really. I'm the most junior person in my department and I can get a new chair if I want one. Big company too.
- cookiecaper 14y agoThis is actually more likely in a big company. Money means little to big companies; unless they screw up in a very serious way, the money available for individual trinkets like desk chairs is almost unlimited. In a small company, an extra Aeron can put you in the red. Also, if money belongs to a faceless entity and does not directly effect the individuals that hold the purse strings, people tend to be much more loose with the cash. This is a big reason why B2B is almost always a much better course than B2C. In a small company, there's still a founder who considers overall income vital to his sustenance, and as such is much stingier than a big corp.