Macs are excellent dev machines, especially if your company buys them for you. 3/4 of my past jobs have provided Macbooks rather than Windows laptops and I don't plan on going back unless I'm allowed to install Linux

Having a Mac laptop at work means I can use the same dotfiles between it and my personal CachyOS desktoo

[–] eager_eagle@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

tbh if I couldn't install Linux as a software dev, I'd consider a different job

[–] NotSteve_@piefed.ca 5 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Have you been able to? Even though I've mostly worked in backend APIs that run in containers on Linux, I haven't been able to switch my work machines to Linux since they have required company VPNs and SSO stuff installed

Edit: the only place I was able to use Linux was a startup environment but the company was bought out and I was forced to switch to Windows

[–] Hasherm0n@lemmy.world 15 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I just recently joined a company that offers two options for operating systems, Mac or Linux. Windows is explicitly not allowed. Seeing that in my onboarding paperwork was like walking into a warm sunny meadow.

[–] NotSteve_@piefed.ca 6 points 2 days ago

Damn, that's the dream ❤️