We frequently have to refer to documentation or examples when developing and having both the code and the reference side by side really helps. There's something very nice about having two fully separate contexts of information to look at. For some reason, it's a lot less distracting to me than having it on one screen where I have to worry about other windows covering it up, etc.
If the developers want another monitor, spend the couple hundred bucks and get them one. These are skilled workers/artists that should be given whatever reasonable accommodations (and the occasional unreasonable ones) they need in order to perform their job functions in a comfortable way.
Any place that would call me a pampered developer for asking for a second monitor really doesn't sound like a very good place to work as a developer. Is $100-$400 really that much money given the type of work?
Because we can't understand a god-damned word R2D2 says. (here comes the troll) It's the same as the Adam and Eve story, if Eve had eaten from the tree of life, then everybody would know the whole thing is made up.
This sound like awfully sophisticated thoughts for a 7 year old. Maybe kids have gotten better at understanding these things, or maybe it's a particularly intelligent 7 year old, but I'm doubting this is for real.
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We frequently have to refer to documentation or examples when developing and having both the code and the reference side by side really helps. There's something very nice about having two fully separate contexts of information to look at. For some reason, it's a lot less distracting to me than having it on one screen where I have to worry about other windows covering it up, etc. If the developers want another monitor, spend the couple hundred bucks and get them one. These are skilled workers/artists that should be given whatever reasonable accommodations (and the occasional unreasonable ones) they need in order to perform their job functions in a comfortable way. Any place that would call me a pampered developer for asking for a second monitor really doesn't sound like a very good place to work as a developer. Is $100-$400 really that much money given the type of work?
Because we can't understand a god-damned word R2D2 says. (here comes the troll) It's the same as the Adam and Eve story, if Eve had eaten from the tree of life, then everybody would know the whole thing is made up.
This sound like awfully sophisticated thoughts for a 7 year old. Maybe kids have gotten better at understanding these things, or maybe it's a particularly intelligent 7 year old, but I'm doubting this is for real.