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Sadly developers don't have buying power. Microsoft is good example of company which understands it and lobbies its presence through channels that do make those

• lolinder 2y ago
  I just pay for a license myself for both work and personal use [0]. I personally have enough buying power to afford it, and it's more than paid for itself over the years by giving me a leg up over coworkers who try to make do with free tools. People I work with think I have some superhuman ability to navigate, understand, and modify huge codebases and don't believe me when I tell them that it's just because I learned how to use JetBrains IDEs fluently. [0] This is explicitly allowed: https://sales.jetbrains.com/hc/en-gb/articles/207240855-Can-I-use-my-personal-license-at-work-and-at-home https://sales.jetbrains.com/hc/en-gb/articles/207240855-Can-...
  • mrgoldenbrown 2y ago
    Does your workplace explicitly allow you to use personal software on work equipment, or do you just not mention it and hope nobody notices? Just curious, as not all places would allow this.
    • lolinder 2y ago
      Yes, devs are explicitly allowed to use any editor they want. I'm not the only one who brings my own JetBrains, but I'm in a tiny minority.
      • jmb99 2y ago
        This is not common, at least from my experience (in western companies). Even if devs have root (not a given), the policy is generally that employees cannot use paid software that the company hasn’t licensed