They totally do. I know, because I was raised to save money by buying cheaper and could afford more expense. I got feedback about it and side comments about it.

They totally do. I know, because I was raised to save money by buying cheaper and could afford more expense. I got feedback about it and side comments about it. (None of that is ugly or dirty, just not expensive.) Being programmer, it does not matter much, but if I wanted to do management or something more human oriented, I would need to buy more expensive to not be outcast. People who care, do know it. And they make decisions.