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Post by maccard »

skirmish wrote: post #51
a-dub wrote: post #12

existence or absence of drama around getting the right equipment is usually a very strong indicator of technical leadership quality.

Google recently to SWEs: replacing a mouse requires director's approval. Also Google: why cannot we ship anything fast and why does Gemini suck so badly. Because good people leave when you treat them like that, stupid Google!

We allowed people to choose their own equipment at a job about 15 years ago. That policy stopped when in the open office, someone chose a mechanical keyboard with blue switches…

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Post by carlosjobim »

satvikpendem wrote: post #61
pttrn wrote: post #30

Just started a new remote contracting gig and did a one-week on-site “getting to know each other” thing. I was shocked that everyone in the office had dual 27” 1080p monitors. Didn’t know they even made 1080p monitors that big! Anyway after a week of staring at that blurry mess I was having eye focusing issues every night trying to read a book. Those monitors should be treated as ergonomic hazard. Total disgrace.

What? This is a very common screen size and resolution, so much so that it's literally recommended for esports players.

Low resolution displays are good for video and video games. So perfectly fine for television and probably gives some performance boost for esport players.

But for work, high resolution displays are always better. And they've been around for 10 years now.

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Post by satvikpendem »

carlosjobim wrote: post #72
satvikpendem wrote: post #61

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What? This is a very common screen size and resolution, so much so that it's literally recommended for esports players.

Low resolution displays are good for video and video games. So perfectly fine for television and probably gives some performance boost for esport players. But for work, high resolution displays are always better. And they've been around for 10 years now.

Yes, but my point was that I find it incredulous that the parent was "shocked" that those monitors were even made when it's a very common format.

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Post by tipsytoad »

Bit of a counter point, but I ran a very nice wfh setup at a previous job, 4k monitor and ergo keyboards. I was a bit dismayed when I joined a new co and found that we had 1080p monitors and a generic Logitech keyboard. After a week of the text looking pixelated I entirely got used to it and think maybe complaints about monitors being a health hazard and rsi are a tad overblown by a vocal minority.

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Post by FireBeyond »

ciupicri wrote: post #54
rnantes wrote: post #6

If you are working with text a monitor with high pixel density is important. 4K 27” is good for Windows, 5K 27” is great for Macs. I think companies should provide a monitor of this calibre and a laptop powerful enough to easily drive them to technical workers. I would spend my own money on the hardware if I could use it for work. It’s like if a company said they will give you a $5000 pay raise, but you have to use a…

And 6K 31.5" is good for Linus / Linux [1] :-) More specifically the ASUS ProArt PA32QCV [2]. [1]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfv0V1SxbNA [2]: https://www.asus.com/displays-desktops/monitors/proart/proar...

Yeah, without debating the price, in itself, the now-discontinued ProDisplay XDR, I love, at 6K 32", though only 60Hz. Ironically, I ended up with this display because Apple messed with DSC to make it work, and crippled my Asus 27" 4K HDR 144Hz screens.

I thought after years of dual displays I'd be (and I am) happy with a single display again, but when this thing goes, it is probably hard to pass up dual 27" 5K 120Hz displays...

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Post by pvtmert »

senderista wrote: post #20

The only way to get an extra monitor during my first stint at AWS was to loot one from the desk of a departing colleague (before IT got their hands on it). Fortunately there was no shortage of departing colleagues.

Frugality at its best. Sometimes certain decisions prioritize frugality so much over anything else, the time lost fighting is more expensive than the savings. For example, the DevDesktop policy. My org had an Apollo/FMC fleet that only allowed 2-4 CPU and 4-8 GB RAM configurations. Anything else would require manual financial approval and justification from L6+ manager. This is between 2022-2024.

Take the following example, to save maybe 20-30$/month. You make engineers' life miserable while paying the same amount but in hourly rate...

When you run VSCode with bunch of Java plugins (where each uses Java), good luck reliably debugging anything. Me and basically anyone in my team would get into situation that the DevDesktop could not handle it anymore and would be stuck, requiring manual/hard restart or wait until load-avg dropping from 100+. I did the simplest trick, kept the m5.large DevDesktop, but manually added another Apollo ASG, attached the HostClass to a random Production fleet that already has thousands of hosts (still under/in my VP org). Happily lived with m5zn.4xlarge until I left. I am pretty sure the machine is still there and running... (As my access was cut off right away...)

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Post by varispeed »

senderista wrote: post #64
varispeed wrote: post #7

One of many questions at the interview will be asking what hardware they offer and what furniture. I had PTSD from sitting on a cheap office chair and developed massive back pain. If there isn't at least Herman Miller, anything else doesn't matter.

If you have massive back pain, maybe you shouldn't be sitting in a conventional chair at all. Source: I have massive back pain.

My back pain's gone once I started using Herman Miller chairs.

Re: Monitors for Work

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Post by senderista »

varispeed wrote: post #77
senderista wrote: post #64

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If you have massive back pain, maybe you shouldn't be sitting in a conventional chair at all. Source: I have massive back pain.

My back pain's gone once I started using Herman Miller chairs.

That’s great! I had to switch to weird stuff like the Swopper.

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Post by senderista »

pvtmert wrote: post #76
senderista wrote: post #20

The only way to get an extra monitor during my first stint at AWS was to loot one from the desk of a departing colleague (before IT got their hands on it). Fortunately there was no shortage of departing colleagues.

Frugality at its best. Sometimes certain decisions prioritize frugality so much over anything else, the time lost fighting is more expensive than the savings. For example, the DevDesktop policy. My org had an Apollo/FMC fleet that only allowed 2-4 CPU and 4-8 GB RAM configurations. Anything else would require manual financial approval and justification from L6+ manager. This is between 2022-2024. Take the following e…

Remember the “Frupidity” wiki page?

Re: Monitors for Work

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Post by mzarate06 »

Over the years I've settled on 27" 1440p IPS monitors. 2 on my office desk, 3 on my home desk.

I'm currently very satisfied with the Dell P2725DE [1] b/c of the following:

1. 100 Hz refresh rate. I stopped using 60Hz refresh rate monitors years ago and won't go back.

2. Much cleaner cabling. At work I only need to 2 cables: laptop -> usb-c cable -> monitor 1 -> Display Port MST cable -> monitor 2. The usb-c cable from my laptop to monitor 1 provides video and power. And being able to daisy chain from monitor 1 to monitor 2 helps minimize cable clutter (this cable routes out of sight along my monitor arm).

I got all of them refurbished at $163 each. I still feel that's an excellent price b/c, if I recall correctly, few others, if any, offered this unique combo of features I was looking for.

[1] https://www.dell.com/en-us/shop/dell-pro-27-plus-qhd-usb-c-h...

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