Macs are excellent dev machines, especially if your company buys them for you. 3/4 of my past jobs have provided Macbooks rather than Windows laptops and I don’t plan on going back unless I’m allowed to install Linux
Having a Mac laptop at work means I can use the same dotfiles between it and my personal CachyOS desktoo
Have you been able to? Even though I’ve mostly worked in backend APIs that run in containers on Linux, I haven’t been able to switch my work machines to Linux since they have required company VPNs and SSO stuff installed
Edit: the only place I was able to use Linux was a startup environment but the company was bought out and I was forced to switch to Windows
I just recently joined a company that offers two options for operating systems, Mac or Linux. Windows is explicitly not allowed. Seeing that in my onboarding paperwork was like walking into a warm sunny meadow.
Macs are excellent dev machines, especially if your company buys them for you. 3/4 of my past jobs have provided Macbooks rather than Windows laptops and I don’t plan on going back unless I’m allowed to install Linux
Having a Mac laptop at work means I can use the same dotfiles between it and my personal CachyOS desktoo
tbh if I couldn’t install Linux as a software dev, I’d consider a different job
Have you been able to? Even though I’ve mostly worked in backend APIs that run in containers on Linux, I haven’t been able to switch my work machines to Linux since they have required company VPNs and SSO stuff installed
Edit: the only place I was able to use Linux was a startup environment but the company was bought out and I was forced to switch to Windows
I just recently joined a company that offers two options for operating systems, Mac or Linux. Windows is explicitly not allowed. Seeing that in my onboarding paperwork was like walking into a warm sunny meadow.
Damn, that’s the dream ❤️