are you trolling? 1) if you switching from ruby to php because there is no remote jobs.. well, there are plenty of them 2) you didn't touched php for 8 years, so why go php? 3) they are locked to windows and you can't install linux, well, don't go there 4) you can't even bring hardware! wtf! don't go there x2
1) Show me where are the remote jobs you're talking about. I've been looking for a long time on different sites, e.g."Who's hiring" (Hacker News), We Work Remotely, and so on.
The standard response I always get is:
- "Thanks for reply. No this is Full time only."
- "Thanks for getting in touch. Unfortunately we are looking for someone to join our London team."
- "Unfortunately, we’re not looking for remote engineers at this time."
I've got enough of this shit.
2) Because there's nothing else I can find. I don't live in SF where you have a lot of options about where to work and the toolsets you can use.
3) They allowed me to use Linux on a VM so I can use Linux. I'm just stuck with a VM for now and while that's not optimal, it's still better than nothing. I'll try booting Linux from USB and see if they allow me to do this, so I can bypass Windows completely.
4) Lots of companies don't allow this, and this is full time employment, not your cool and fancy startup in SF where they allow you to play video games in the office.