I'm a 22 years old hobbyist software developer and sysadmin enthusiast. I've been using linux in all my computers since I was 15 and I mainly program in Go, shell script, and Javascript. I work at a factory and recently for promoted to my first white collar position, so for the first time in my life I work at a computer. The position is production control, nothing to do with software development.
The computers at the company, however, are running Windows. It's very jarring going from 7 straight years of linux to Windows 10. I like creating scripts and tools for myself at home, so using Windows is often painful and feels like a slog. What I wanted to ask you is tools for making my experience less terrible. I recently discovered and started using AutoHotKey which is awesome and I'm sure will be of great use and I've also been trying to get into Excel programming (Excel is an important part of my job). What software would you recommend for someone in my position? The catch is that it must be something that doesn't have an "Install" step. Whenever I try to install anything it asks for an administrator password that I don't have, but things like notepad++ you just grab an .exe and run the program directly with no issues
What I'm missing is things like shell tools, shell scripts, text manipulations tools, rofi/dmenu, pdf tools, a rich text editor that isn't MS Word (I know markdown and html)
The computers at the company, however, are running Windows. It's very jarring going from 7 straight years of linux to Windows 10. I like creating scripts and tools for myself at home, so using Windows is often painful and feels like a slog. What I wanted to ask you is tools for making my experience less terrible. I recently discovered and started using AutoHotKey which is awesome and I'm sure will be of great use and I've also been trying to get into Excel programming (Excel is an important part of my job). What software would you recommend for someone in my position? The catch is that it must be something that doesn't have an "Install" step. Whenever I try to install anything it asks for an administrator password that I don't have, but things like notepad++ you just grab an .exe and run the program directly with no issues
What I'm missing is things like shell tools, shell scripts, text manipulations tools, rofi/dmenu, pdf tools, a rich text editor that isn't MS Word (I know markdown and html)