My Company Told Me They Don’t Care About Me by Buying Me a New Macbook Pro

<p><strong>The Secret Developer</strong>&nbsp;is an old, irrelevant person. They might claim to be a successful keyboard jockey but they&rsquo;re a grumpy old stick in the mud. Worse still, they change their mind about the most important issues in computing.</p> <blockquote> <p>Isn&rsquo;t this a personal attack? Is this allowed in computing?</p> </blockquote> <h2>The Complaint</h2> <p>The Secret Developer wrote an article about having an old laptop. The story of that machine is right here:</p> <h2><a href="https://medium.com/@tsecretdeveloper/why-giving-devs-old-kits-kills-confidence-3242564f2a98?source=post_page-----ff5fc1361a15--------------------------------" rel="noopener follow" target="_blank">Why Giving Devs Old Kit Kills Confidence</a></h2> <h3><a href="https://medium.com/@tsecretdeveloper/why-giving-devs-old-kits-kills-confidence-3242564f2a98?source=post_page-----ff5fc1361a15--------------------------------" rel="noopener follow" target="_blank">More Companies Are Saving the $$$</a></h3> <p><a href="https://medium.com/@tsecretdeveloper/why-giving-devs-old-kits-kills-confidence-3242564f2a98?source=post_page-----ff5fc1361a15--------------------------------" rel="noopener follow" target="_blank">medium.com</a></p> <p>Long story short a general complaint is developers don&rsquo;t get the most powerful machine possible. They usually want the best machine to cut down on their compile time.</p> <blockquote> <p>I spend most of my time waiting for a machine to compile. I&rsquo;m THAT fast at coding</p> </blockquote> <h2>The Solution</h2> <p>The Secret Developer&rsquo;s employer bought them a new laptop. A brand new MacBook.</p> <p><strong><em>You would think that The Secret Developer would be happy with this. Yet they never seem happy.</em></strong></p> <p><a href="https://medium.com/@tsecretdeveloper/my-company-told-me-they-dont-care-about-me-by-buying-me-a-new-macbook-pro-ff5fc1361a15">Website</a></p>