@Ek-Hou-Van-Braai@piefed.social
Post #656194
2026-03-15 15:38 UTC
Replies (40)
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@onlinepersona@programming.dev 2026-03-15 16:04
The email is not very professional. Rejection of Windows is fine, but that if that’s the kind of language the candidate uses at work, the company actually dodged a bullet.
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@wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2026-03-15 16:35
They say while using gmail.
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@wrinkle2409@lemmy.cafe 2026-03-15 19:06
I had to do that once but the company wanted to use a Mac over my own Linux. I can’t stand anymore to be forced to use specific platforms to do my job. It’s like going to a car repair and demand the mechanic to change your tire using a plastic wrench.
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@folekaule@lemmy.world 2026-03-15 22:13
Why would you not be very clear about this right at the start of the interview process so you’re not wasting everybody’s (including your own) time? If this is one of your absolute show-stoppers, then say so up front and we can either work with IT to get you what you want, or decline and move on to the next candidate.
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@Ek-Hou-Van-Braai@piefed.social 2026-03-15 15:39
Sorry for the potato resolution
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@db2@lemmy.world 2026-03-15 15:41
I wish it were real.
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@one_old_coder@piefed.social 2026-03-15 15:46
99% companies have been using Windows for the past 30 years. I would gladly accept any job using Windows, even more if they paid well. I hate Windows way more than everyone else, but being unemployed is worse nowadays.
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@username_1@programming.dev 2026-03-15 15:50
The guy doesn’t want Windows but is ok with Mac. That’s… not how it works. At all.
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@new_guy@lemmy.world 2026-03-15 16:06
As long the company is ok I’m ok. I’m not planning to input personal info on the work provided laptop anyway.
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@Akasazh@lemmy.world 2026-03-15 16:13
Good for you. It’s great to have the financial certainty to refuse an offer that doesn’t sit well with you. What’s better is having the moral backbone of refusing something because it would bother you, even if it means l less financial reward.
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@underscores@lemmy.zip 2026-03-15 16:14
extremely based, I have no idea how any dev at my company tolerates windows. in addition to how extremely slow and incapable the OS is in general,we have to submit tickets to run software because everything is installed through random .exes.
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@LiveLM@lemmy.zip 2026-03-15 16:21
Insane behaviour. Much as I hate Windows, for a “generous offer” I’d make it work.
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@CreamyJalapenoSauce@piefed.social 2026-03-15 16:24
It shouldn’t have to be a privilege to be able to turn down a job because of poor decisions management makes, but you can really only get away with this if you have options.
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@goatinspace@feddit.org 2026-03-15 16:31
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@bitteroldcoot@piefed.social 2026-03-15 16:46
Does anyone actually believe this post??? Because it reads like upvote farming.
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@NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 2026-03-15 16:54
Theyre going to really struggle if they ever wanted to make an iPhone app with that policy lol.
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@RedFrank24@piefed.social 2026-03-15 17:15
I think that’s a tad excessive. Sure, Windows sucks, but it’s not my machine so I don’t give a shit. Now, if they expected me to bring my own machine and also insist that it’s Windows, I’ll get pissed off and refuse the offer. Their machine though? They can demand whatever they want, so long as I can actually do my job. 9/10 times it’s not Windows I’m fighting against when I’m unable to do my job, it’s the IT department not giving me admin rights over the right folders so I can’t even install Docker without spending 3 days with them to get the right permissions.
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@Deconceptualist@leminal.space 2026-03-15 17:16
Do all your work in a VM on your OS of choice?
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@KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2026-03-15 17:38
Lmao, I was going to reply seriously until I realized what com we are in. That’s some good bait.
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@firelizzard@programming.dev 2026-03-15 19:57
Your coworkers are not your oppressors. The people who own the company are. And maybe management if they’re assholes, but most people in management are just doing their jobs so they can get paid.
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@bridgeburner@lemmy.world 2026-03-15 20:18
Dude how many qualifications do you have that you can turn down a job offer in this economy over such a rather minor inconvenience?!
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@irelephant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2026-03-15 21:20
Device management on Linux is next to impossible compared to windows or macs
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@desmosthenes@lemmy.world 2026-03-15 21:26
post the response after too - if they do
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@blackn1ght@feddit.uk 2026-03-15 21:35
I dev every workday on Windows 11 and I don’t get why people feel like it’s awful to work on? I dunno what everyone else is doing but it’s basically just switching between the IDE, Slack and the browser. The OS never seems to be an issue for me. My only real gripe is that even I click update and shutdown at the end of the day, it updates and restarts. Same for my colleagues using a Mac. I’d be more bothered about using Teams over Slack
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@m3t00@lemmy.world 2026-03-15 22:15
why tf would you apply there
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@catsarebadpeople@sh.itjust.works 2026-03-15 22:30
Mac?
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@morrowind@lemmy.ml 2026-03-16 00:25
Lmao mac elitists
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@moseschrute@lemmy.world 2026-03-16 00:29
Does the policy prevent you from installing a virtual machine? Or you could install docker and do everything via ssh into your container.
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@morrowind@lemmy.ml 2026-03-16 03:09
I’m just replying to see if you copy the same response, for science.
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@DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 2026-03-16 03:13
It’s what happens if you submit a comment and fall for the egregious lie that is Lemmy telling you it didn’t go through
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@Darkmoon_AU@lemmy.zip 2026-03-16 05:54
Completely fair
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@paequ2@lemmy.today 2026-03-16 07:39
Honestly, yeah, I’d do the same. After several past jobs required Linux, even downgrading to a Mac feels pretty bad. Can’t imagine Macroslop Wangblows.
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@tiramichu@sh.itjust.works 2026-03-16 08:00
Whoops. I commented, decided to rephrase and edited. But it didn’t result in an edit and I didn’t notice as that’s when I went to bed.
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@AceOnTrack@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2026-03-16 09:02
Good on you for rejecting a job offer over something so minor, I guess?
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@arc99@lemmy.world 2026-03-16 10:43
Guy just sounds entitled and precious they wouldn’t stump for a Macbook.
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@pewpew@feddit.it 2026-03-16 11:12
Just wondering… Is there anyone on Earth using Windows Server? At school we were tought how to work with it (my teacher was so outdated, he barely knew what Linux was) but I can’t find any good reason to use it instead of Linux
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@JamBandFan1996@lemmy.ml 2026-03-16 12:39
God you must make a ton of money
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@hazelnoot@beehaw.org 2026-03-16 13:39
Hey can I have that job instead? I’m happy to use any version of Windows if it means I actually get paid fairly
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@jtzl@lemmy.zip 2026-03-16 14:30
You’re doing the lord’s work.
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@Lulzagna@lemmy.world 2026-03-16 14:47
Same here, except Mac is no better. I was forced to use one at my last job, I’d sooner code on Windows