This is something that has always surprised me, that many companies don't understand that developers need good laptops and that good laptops cost money.
At my previous employer, the budget for laptops was roughly 1/14 of the amount of money I was billing our client each month as a consultant. That craptop was planned to last three years before I could get a new one. Of course it was the same budget for all employees, regardless of role. This doesn't make sense to me, especially as a good laptop can contribute to employee satisfaction for devs.
And then Windows. It might be fast on your personal machine at home, but being part of a corporate domain, it's doomed. Some organisations have probably solved this, but I have yet to experience that. CPU usage is strong and I can hear the fan, even though I'm not really doing anything. And no, WSL 2 isn't available on Windows 10 Enterprise Edition on the several-years-behind ring.
At lest we're having a constructive discussion about this at my current work 💪
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This is something that has always surprised me, that many companies don't understand that developers need good laptops and that good laptops cost money.
At my previous employer, the budget for laptops was roughly 1/14 of the amount of money I was billing our client each month as a consultant. That craptop was planned to last three years before I could get a new one. Of course it was the same budget for all employees, regardless of role. This doesn't make sense to me, especially as a good laptop can contribute to employee satisfaction for devs.
And then Windows. It might be fast on your personal machine at home, but being part of a corporate domain, it's doomed. Some organisations have probably solved this, but I have yet to experience that. CPU usage is strong and I can hear the fan, even though I'm not really doing anything. And no, WSL 2 isn't available on Windows 10 Enterprise Edition on the several-years-behind ring.
At lest we're having a constructive discussion about this at my current work 💪