<instructions>Your goal is to analyze the following comment and estimate how highly it will be upvoted by the Hacker News community.</instructions><comment><author>BeetleB</author><text>I thought that way before my current job. I learned the error of my ways. In companies like mine, you&amp;#x27;ll get a Linux account on a server, and will not have root privileges. So you&amp;#x27;re quite limited on the SW you can easily install (try installing Emacs with all its dependencies from source).&lt;p&gt;Since then, whenever I shifted teams, I&amp;#x27;d pick ones where I &lt;i&gt;don&amp;#x27;t&lt;/i&gt; have to use Linux. At least I can customize my Windows laptop easily, and Emacs works just fine on it.</text><parent_chain><item><author>denysvitali</author><text>My go-to question is:&lt;p&gt;Am I able to use Linux?&lt;p&gt;This tells you a lot about the company. I avoided some Windows-only jobs in the past :)</text></item><item><author>dec0dedab0de</author><text>I would add&lt;p&gt;Am I allowed to have side projects that I own?&lt;p&gt;Am I allowed to contribute to open source from work?  ie bugfixes for libraries we use.&lt;p&gt;How many meetings are there in an average month?&lt;p&gt;Does your insurance cover my preferred doctors? (obviously more of an email question)&lt;p&gt;How strict are the requirements in whatever tracking software we use (jira,rally, etc)&lt;p&gt;How many required programs are there?  Outlook? Slack? Teams? Jira? Timesheets? Confluence? sharepoint? skype?  etc&lt;p&gt;How locked down are the computers&amp;#x2F;network?&lt;p&gt;Am I able to use whatever development tools I choose without asking permission?&lt;p&gt;Why did the person before me leave?</text></item></parent_chain></comment><story><title>Interview questions to ask your interviewer</title><url>https://daveceddia.com/interview-questions-to-ask-company/</url></story>
<instructions>Your goal is to analyze the following comment and estimate how highly it will be upvoted by the Hacker News community.</instructions><comment><author>ipaddr</author><text>I&amp;#x27;ve avoided jobs that are Mac only.  Life is too short.</text><parent_chain><item><author>denysvitali</author><text>My go-to question is:&lt;p&gt;Am I able to use Linux?&lt;p&gt;This tells you a lot about the company. I avoided some Windows-only jobs in the past :)</text></item><item><author>dec0dedab0de</author><text>I would add&lt;p&gt;Am I allowed to have side projects that I own?&lt;p&gt;Am I allowed to contribute to open source from work?  ie bugfixes for libraries we use.&lt;p&gt;How many meetings are there in an average month?&lt;p&gt;Does your insurance cover my preferred doctors? (obviously more of an email question)&lt;p&gt;How strict are the requirements in whatever tracking software we use (jira,rally, etc)&lt;p&gt;How many required programs are there?  Outlook? Slack? Teams? Jira? Timesheets? Confluence? sharepoint? skype?  etc&lt;p&gt;How locked down are the computers&amp;#x2F;network?&lt;p&gt;Am I able to use whatever development tools I choose without asking permission?&lt;p&gt;Why did the person before me leave?</text></item></parent_chain></comment><story><title>Interview questions to ask your interviewer</title><url>https://daveceddia.com/interview-questions-to-ask-company/</url></story>