But at the FAANGy companies I’ve worked at this issue persists. Mobile engineers working on 3yo computers and seeing new hires compile 2x (or more) faster with their newer machines.

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alt227 14 hours ago | parent [-]

If they care that much about compile time, they would work on a desktop instead of a laptop.

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bigtechennui 13 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Then the company would issue a desktop and a laptop, since they want engineers to be able to use computers in places other than their desk.

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LevGoldstein 12 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

...and we're back to trying to convince a penny-wise pound-foolish company to buy twice the computing hardware for every developer.

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bigstrat2003 11 hours ago | parent [-]

Or just buy everyone desktops. Honestly I think laptops are completely superfluous for every business I've ever worked at. Nobody is truly getting value out of bringing a laptop to meetings, they just like them.

	▲	milch 11 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I think whatever companies you were at just didn't have very effective meetings. There's a time for "laptops down" and there's a time for laptops. If we can't prototype, brainstorm, outline ideas... why even have meetings in the first place?