Re:Ask HN: Company asks to BYOD. Is it a red flag?
by brudgers on Monday February 13, 2017 @11:33AM
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To me, if the salary is good, no. Mechanics, carpenters, etc. often purchase their own hand tools.
In a software shop, it makes even more sense by avoiding:
1. Issues around code written on company equipment.
2. Administrative effort and time procuring equipment; tracking company assets; treating remote employees equitably; etc.
3. Staff complaining about having to use equipment.
4. Staff are probably going to own a computer they like anyway.
Perhaps most importantly, it clarifies that computers are cattle not pets. Strategically, it means that practices which depend on a particular developer's laptop are clearly undesirable.
In a software shop, it makes even more sense by avoiding:
1. Issues around code written on company equipment.
2. Administrative effort and time procuring equipment; tracking company assets; treating remote employees equitably; etc.
3. Staff complaining about having to use equipment.
4. Staff are probably going to own a computer they like anyway.
Perhaps most importantly, it clarifies that computers are cattle not pets. Strategically, it means that practices which depend on a particular developer's laptop are clearly undesirable.