[Jugurtha]

The moment after I signed the contract to join a startup, the CTO said "OK, then... Here's your laptop, install Windows and we'll talk later..".

My heart sank and felt I took a bad turn in life. I really wanted to work there but I had stopped using Windows for health reasons a long time ago. I wondered if it were rude to resign the same day because there was no way I would use Windows. I thought it was more honest, but at the same time I thought I may be too radical. Maybe I could be spared and still work there. My brain went into overdrive. The CTO then said "Uh, I mean Linux.", he noticed my face and continued "Don't panic, there are no Windows machines here". The whole thing lasted a few seconds.. I heaved a sigh of relief.

We try to be brutally honest with applicants, not only with the hardware but on the specifics of the job. It disappoints many who imagine they'll be doing "data science/AI" with screens that blink and computers that beep.

[Adisuki]

> I had stopped using Windows for health reasons a long time ago.

How does Windows cause health issues?

[Maledictus]

High blood pressure.

[Jugurtha]

This. I had also become violent towards my machines, punching and kicking them several feet up.

[FartyMcFarter]

This sounds like a mostly separate issue which you should get help for. Operating systems, by themselves, do not cause people to kick things.

[dunefox]

They absolutely do. I could not develop on windows without anger management classes.

[FartyMcFarter]

To be a bit clearer: I get that operating systems can be very annoying, but kicking things is not a healthy reaction to being annoyed.

If you kick things just because you're irritated, please seek professional help, and don't blame it all on Windows.

[giantDinosaur]

Why did you punish the machines for the software? :(

Edit: Ah, I see, you removed the violent rage towards machines running windows part.

[Jugurtha]

I was young and immature and started doing that after I tried everything. I was also stuck with a "faulty" RAM which I couldn't replace that I thought was causing this. That situation occurred often enough and right when I really didn't want it to happen - like saving work - that it became irritating.

[saagarjha]

Maybe they can’t use it because of health issues that cause them to need special accessibility tools that are unavailable on the platform.

[Arainach]

.....that ARE available on Linux? Accessibility is a mess on Linux.

[saagarjha]

Linux isn't the only other major OS.

[maheart]

You're exposed to more viruses.

[Jugurtha]

>How does Windows cause health issues?

It is not that Windows caused health issues, but my reaction to Windows was not healthy. Bear in mind that before switching, I had only used DOS but mainly Windows for almost two decades. Let's say we grew apart over the years.

[searchableguy]

I feel like people didn't understand sarcasm or I have a broken sarcasm detector. I can't tell.

[Jugurtha]

There is no sarcasm; this was a real situation.