Oof

Compared to retail, it's a steal

Normally $1200

For the current model

Yeah, now when the hinges snap after a year there's nothing to cry about

I've had a Dell E6220 for at least 6 years. Hinges are still going strong

nice laptop

Thanks

You’ve got a laptop for portability right? 😛

Yeah. I went for the 12" screen for portability.

Okay

Still 1080p too

If you’re actually using it for coding, is 8GB enough?

Or is this channel for machines in general as well?

Does System Administration count as comp-sci in your view?

Oh yeah. The stuff I'm coding would definitely use less RAM than that.

If it's related to computers, I'd say it's appropriate

No as that’s it support

Is it administrating computers? I say go for it

I have a degree in comp sci but work as an it technician, I rarely use my comp sci skills in my day to day job

@brownin what do you service? Hardware? Software?

Both

I work in a school

Ah

Nice

I’m potentially going to become a comp sci teacher

It’s why I got a job in a school

Go for it, dude

To test the water before I go for it

Whether you're support or not, you're still using comp-sci subjects in your day to day job. Depending on person and their job of course.

I've worked in computers most of my life even without a degree

It helps me occasionally but the bulk of my work I learnt on the job

^

Isn't that the case for coders as well?

My degree didn’t teach me to deploy policies via group policy

But it does help me when I’m fixing python for the comp sci teacher

Depends on what you're doing.

Being a good programmer is about adopting the right problem solving mindset.

Languages come and go but breaking down problems into simple algorithms is the most important skill

There quite a few high level programming classes that don't involve programming literal code

I haven’t done any real coding in 6 years, I can still read it so I get by

@brownin `If you’re actually using it for coding, is 8GB enough?`
definitely