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In that situation it makes sense for you to bring a personal laptop which you can use to access non confidential stuff, you might not write any code in it and might just be given docs to read through
I didn’t get a work laptop when I was at a mega corp and the pay was absurdly good.
I ended up remote desktoping into a secured pc anyway.
Don’t put your personal stuff on the laptop for any reason. If money is a concern buy a laptop from Costco.
90 day return policy in case the first check bounces or something.
Using your personal laptop for work is unheard of for anything other than a startup that is still a couple dudes in their basement. (Where you are one of the original dudes) Run away.
Right there with you. I'll have to see how it plays out on Monday.
Just to conform, and in case I needed a working machine until I found out whether they were serious enough to properly supply the necessities.
If not, then I could carry on with my own "good as new" laptop dedicated to the employer as long as necessary until I had collected enough pay to get an additional one for myself. Nicer one too.
Before even thinking about making any waves.
As a counterpoint to all the negative comments here, it’s entirely possible the CTO knows it’s gonna take x time to get your company laptop, which precisely because it’s a regulated industry might mean days/weeks of you waiting around with nothing to do In that situation it makes sense for you to bring a personal laptop which you can use to access non confidential stuff, you might not write any code in it and might j…
It's only a red flag when they specifically ask you to start doing work on your own machine.
As a counterpoint to all the negative comments here, it’s entirely possible the CTO knows it’s gonna take x time to get your company laptop, which precisely because it’s a regulated industry might mean days/weeks of you waiting around with nothing to do In that situation it makes sense for you to bring a personal laptop which you can use to access non confidential stuff, you might not write any code in it and might j…
But actual code, that's gonna need a work issued machine. They had over a week now since I accepted the offer and they have an MSP, so it's a bit odd for it to take that long.
Buy a new laptop. I didn’t get a work laptop when I was at a mega corp and the pay was absurdly good. I ended up remote desktoping into a secured pc anyway. Don’t put your personal stuff on the laptop for any reason. If money is a concern buy a laptop from Costco. 90 day return policy in case the first check bounces or something.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
Right there with you. I'll have to see how it plays out on Monday.
I would take out my personal SSD, put in a blank one and freshly install the needed OS. Just to conform, and in case I needed a working machine until I found out whether they were serious enough to properly supply the necessities. If not, then I could carry on with my own "good as new" laptop dedicated to the employer as long as necessary until I had collected enough pay to get an additional one for myself. Nicer one…
As a counterpoint to all the negative comments here, it’s entirely possible the CTO knows it’s gonna take x time to get your company laptop, which precisely because it’s a regulated industry might mean days/weeks of you waiting around with nothing to do In that situation it makes sense for you to bring a personal laptop which you can use to access non confidential stuff, you might not write any code in it and might j…
Yeah this thread is making a lot of assumptions. Maybe the machine has been ordered, or they need to do HR type onboarding for the first few hours, or any number of reasons. Every job I've ever started I bring my own machine just in case and it has been fine. It's only a red flag when they specifically ask you to start doing work on your own machine.
Well, you should send this ‘yeah, I can bring my personal laptop while my machine gets set up - when will my company issued device be available?’ Oh and yeah, bring a comically old laptop running an obscure Linux distro. DSL would be best.