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I tell my coworkers, "Hey, we need this coded up as a Windows service!" and I get crickets.

So I spin up a Debian VM and POSIX the hell out of it. If they dare to complain, I tell 'em to do their damn jobs and not leave all the hard stuff to the guy that only programs on UNIX.

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To be fair to your coworkers, coding a windows service and setting up logging for it is surprisingly complicated. I'm the only person at my place of work that can do it, and even then only if I can use a compile-to-native language or .NET.

Their tasks would be less hard if the UNIX guy would stop writing non-portable POSIX code =P

That's what I know. I wasn't hired to program Windows machines, I was hired to program PLCs and SCADA systems. But every now and then something best done in .NET comes up and none of the Windows guys can get off their butts to do it. So then they get to whine about having to deal with Linux and I get to tell them to suck it up.

Sure, I could learn to program on Windows... Or I could pick up another PLC or SCADA platform that looks good on my resume. Guess which I choose to do?

I have nothing to nice to say in response. Good luck!

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