My Biggest Regret as a Programmer

Re:My Biggest Regret as a Programmer by iopq on Wednesday April 06, 2016 @04:41AM (#11437495)

Buying the newest laptop every two years is what like $2000 every two years? That's only $1000 per year, hardly a dent in a programmer's salary.

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Re:My Biggest Regret as a Programmer by zelos on Wednesday April 06, 2016 @05:35AM (#11437685)

When you factor in kids, mortgage, pension, car, travel costs etc, it probably ends up being a bigger dent than you'd think for a lot of programmers.

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Re:My Biggest Regret as a Programmer by imtringued on Wednesday April 06, 2016 @07:33AM (#11438041)

This just means you have different priorities. Nothing wrong with that but if you really want that laptop then you can afford it.

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Re:My Biggest Regret as a Programmer by icebraining on Wednesday April 06, 2016 @04:44AM (#11437502)

That's almost a month's salary for a junior/mid-level programmer in this corner of Western Europe.

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Re:My Biggest Regret as a Programmer by dolel22 on Wednesday April 06, 2016 @08:25AM (#11438268)

Assuming the programmer doesn't sell the current laptop that he's currently using.

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Re:My Biggest Regret as a Programmer by spacecowboy_lon on Wednesday April 06, 2016 @04:56AM (#11437545)

Western europe realy thats less than than a minimum wage job in the UK

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Re:My Biggest Regret as a Programmer by bryanrasmussen on Wednesday April 06, 2016 @06:37AM (#11437866)

what corner of Western Europe is that?

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Re:My Biggest Regret as a Programmer by ionised on Wednesday April 06, 2016 @06:52AM (#11437913)

UK probably.

Developers get paid dick all here.

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Re:My Biggest Regret as a Programmer by icebraining on Wednesday April 06, 2016 @07:12AM (#11437975)

Same timezone, but better weather :)

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Re:My Biggest Regret as a Programmer by jventura on Wednesday April 06, 2016 @03:40PM (#11441301)

Portugal! :)

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Re:My Biggest Regret as a Programmer by fsloth on Wednesday April 06, 2016 @05:11AM (#11437588)

I suppose that depends on the definition of a financial 'dent' and the market in which the programmer operates.1000$ is over two percents of my yearly net income (situated in northern Europe).

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Re:My Biggest Regret as a Programmer by mason240 on Wednesday April 06, 2016 @09:18AM (#11438531)

I'm still doing my home development on a $500 PC I bought in 2010.

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