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I know many developers who buy Jetbrains licenses from their own pockets.

• mgkimsal 1y ago
  I'm one... I was introduced to JB by someone else who paid out of their own pocket 18 years ago. I thought he was crazy... then a couple years later I tried it in earnest and it was ... life (well career) changing.
• brentroose 1y ago
  Out of curiosity: do you know why they pay for it themselves instead of asking their company to do so?
  • bayindirh 1y ago
    Because not all "developers" are developers in their day jobs. I'm personally a sysadmin most of the time, and I do my own R&D (mostly academic, but novel). Some tools I like are not free, and I buy licenses by myself.
  • kyriakos 1y ago
    Cause many developers have personal projects they cant use company resources on