Depends. I’ve happily turned down jobs that required me to use Windows and the amount of daily frustration I avoid as a result is worth every bit of the pickiness.
I mean couldn’t you just use a virtual machine on Linux or MacOS if you needed to use it for work? If you could manage working at the job and it’s otherwise cool with nice perks, you really fucked up a good opportunity. As someone who is dealing with debilitating pain and mental issues, id KILL for a sweet job where I could work on computers and not kill my body the process. You must be loaded with cash to be this picky.
I mean couldn’t you just use a virtual machine on Linux or MacOS if you needed to use it for work?
Most jobs require you to use a company-supplied machine. Where of course you can’t swap operating systems.
People just put up with it even when they’d like alternatives, because it’s just one of the unpleasant things we do to stay employed.
I understand that and I don’t blame people for just that, but if it’s just for work applications and completely separated from your personal computer, then you aren’t signing into your personal accounts like your bank account, YouTube, Steam, and other non-work related stuff that could pose privacy concerns. It’s not your computer so who cares lol I hate Windows as much as the next guy, but surely it isn’t so bad that you are unable to do just work stuff on it. I think turning down a job over that is a huge overreaction.
Edit: After thinking about it for a bit longer, the work provided computers are probably really slow/underpowered so I get why people would hate that, but don’t turn down the good money either!
Everyone above this comment was expressing frustration with using MS products. This doesn’t go away with a VM and personal privacy has no bearing. I have a job that is computer-adjacent, and still use MS products enough to swear at them every day I work. As a former programmer, im not sure I’d want to get back to doing that full-time if I had to use other MS products more. I hear the coding stack is still exceptional.
It’s just not worth it to me to wait several minutes for things to properly boot, be nagged with updates and aggravating messages, and then have my system start thrashing halfway through my day. I don’t care how good the pay is - I don’t use tools that will aggravate me. They can hire someone else.
Depends. I’ve happily turned down jobs that required me to use Windows and the amount of daily frustration I avoid as a result is worth every bit of the pickiness.
This sounds like you are privilaged
It is a privilege to not have to use Microsoft products
I mean couldn’t you just use a virtual machine on Linux or MacOS if you needed to use it for work? If you could manage working at the job and it’s otherwise cool with nice perks, you really fucked up a good opportunity. As someone who is dealing with debilitating pain and mental issues, id KILL for a sweet job where I could work on computers and not kill my body the process. You must be loaded with cash to be this picky.
Most jobs require you to use a company-supplied machine. Where of course you can’t swap operating systems.
People just put up with it even when they’d like alternatives, because it’s just one of the unpleasant things we do to stay employed.
I understand that and I don’t blame people for just that, but if it’s just for work applications and completely separated from your personal computer, then you aren’t signing into your personal accounts like your bank account, YouTube, Steam, and other non-work related stuff that could pose privacy concerns. It’s not your computer so who cares lol I hate Windows as much as the next guy, but surely it isn’t so bad that you are unable to do just work stuff on it. I think turning down a job over that is a huge overreaction.
Edit: After thinking about it for a bit longer, the work provided computers are probably really slow/underpowered so I get why people would hate that, but don’t turn down the good money either!
Everyone above this comment was expressing frustration with using MS products. This doesn’t go away with a VM and personal privacy has no bearing. I have a job that is computer-adjacent, and still use MS products enough to swear at them every day I work. As a former programmer, im not sure I’d want to get back to doing that full-time if I had to use other MS products more. I hear the coding stack is still exceptional.
It’s just not worth it to me to wait several minutes for things to properly boot, be nagged with updates and aggravating messages, and then have my system start thrashing halfway through my day. I don’t care how good the pay is - I don’t use tools that will aggravate me. They can hire someone else.
Downvote all you like. I’m happy picking the jobs I want and don’t have to maintain proficiency in a bad tool I hate using. You do you.