"If they don't have the shiniest Apple MacBook then they can't work. Never mind that their job involves typing letters into a text file, something you could have done on CP/M back in '78"I don't want an Apple at all, but I do want a beefy machine because my job doesn't only involve typing text you see - for instance I also need to build the result of all that typing, and if it takes ages, guess what, the time I waste waiting for it to complete is not worth whatever money they cleverly save by supplying me a "CP/M from '78"
"To insult a new hire by providing only a single 4:3 monitor? I can't work like this."
I can work like this, but I prefer two monitors. How much does a monitor cost anyway? Having two displays is much more convenient.
I can program sitting on a kitchen chair, but I prefer an ergonomic office chair, because I spend a large part of my life at work and I see no reason why it should feel uncomfortable.
Oh, how pampered I am!
"- You were lucky to have a LAKE! There were a hundred and sixty of us living in a small shoebox in the middle of the road.
- Cardboard box?
- Aye.
- You were lucky. We lived for three months in a brown paper bag in a septic tank."
etc.
I don't want an Apple at all, but I do want a beefy machine because my job doesn't only involve typing text you see - for instance I also need to build the result of all that typing, and if it takes ages, guess what, the time I waste waiting for it to complete is not worth whatever money they cleverly save by supplying me a "CP/M from '78"
"To insult a new hire by providing only a single 4:3 monitor? I can't work like this."
I can work like this, but I prefer two monitors. How much does a monitor cost anyway? Having two displays is much more convenient.
I can program sitting on a kitchen chair, but I prefer an ergonomic office chair, because I spend a large part of my life at work and I see no reason why it should feel uncomfortable.
Oh, how pampered I am!
"- You were lucky to have a LAKE! There were a hundred and sixty of us living in a small shoebox in the middle of the road.
- Cardboard box?
- Aye.
- You were lucky. We lived for three months in a brown paper bag in a septic tank."
etc.