Re:Why doesn't every company buy developers the best hardware?
by rbanffy on Tuesday July 19, 2011 @05:57PM
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> i feel that startups are actullay more inclued to supply devs with good hardware than established players.
On most startups, the CEO's desk is, at most, a couple dozen steps away from the devs. It's the bean-counting professional managers that are brought in after that stage that make the developers miserable.
Re:Why doesn't every company buy developers the best hardware?
by ma2rten on Tuesday July 19, 2011 @01:43PM
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The reason why startups are more inclued to do so, is that extra hardware cost almost nothing, compared to salaries. The only reason not to is bureaucracy.
Re:Why doesn't every company buy developers the best hardware?
by baconner on Tuesday July 19, 2011 @04:45PM
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I suspect the reason is at startup the person making the final decision on hardware actually has to use it and is intimately familiar with what's being done on it. At a big org with say 1000 developer's that's not the case and at 1kish savings per machine there's a big "look what I saved us" opportunity for that decision maker.
Re:Why doesn't every company buy developers the best hardware?
by hkmurakami on Tuesday July 19, 2011 @05:13PM
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I know a place that gave new employees (even coders) machines with 256mb ram... I shuddered in horror.
* The compilation is done remotely on a beefy server with no CPU/Disk IO/Disk space issues.
* I get several monitors. they don't even have to be big - 17 inch is fine - as long as there are at least two.
* The dev box is able to handle its software responsively. I souldn't have to reboot it. Ever. Hell any dual core with 2GB of ram, a linux distro + emacs would do.
Currenlty my 600 euro i7 box at home would probably put my work box and the team's remote compilation VM to shame. Both. At the same time...
Interestingly, from reading the comments i feel that startups are actullay more inclued to supply devs with good hardware than established players. I was expecting quite the opposite.