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Use what your users use, even if you hate it

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So I'm like okay, we we need to be able to troubleshoot Mac so I'd use the I made the decision I'm like I'm gonna force myself to use a Mac at home so I can have the knowledge to help these people

Episode 140: Shim Theory (episode page, opens in a new tab) 00:03:39 (play audio from this timestamp, opens in a new tab)

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Summary

Dave hates Macs, but deliberately uses one at home because new hires who grew up on Macs connect to work from them, and he needs the knowledge to support them.

Not in the audio. In the same breath he says he's 'about done with that', so the practice may not have continued.

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