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Exactly. I’d be really bummed if I started a new job and was expected to run this script. It’s like they’re saying they’ve found and encapsulated the most productive development experience you could ask for and they’re going to shove it down your throat.

You should give your hires the respect they deserve and treat them like professionals letting them use their own tools. Just give them a mac and let them do their thing.

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Many companies have required sets of tools in order to do things like follow ops runbooks. Sure, you're a professional, but if you're following the team runbooks, you need to be doing it in exactly the prescribed way, meaning having your ssh access configured properly and the right version of python on your path, and any dependencies the shell scripts have, and rather than have you find and fix those one by one, a standard setup can save a lot of wasted time. Nobody's saying you can't use your own tools the way you want to, but you better be able to cope with having some team-specific tools and configs "shoved down your throat" or you really aren't a professional.

Or maybe it's a test.

Give this script to a new hire and see if they run it without question or whether they actually read the script and pick and choose what they need or question what they don't understand.

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