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Some sort of magic shop?<\/p><p>I jest, but I honestly can't remember the last time in 20 years+\/6+ jobs that things were ready for my start date (or anyone else: apart from the times I was involved in the recruitment process when the \"letter of acceptance\" asked them about their preferred setup so we ordered that as soon as we knew they would be starting in ~2-3 weeks)<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-07-13:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.org.uk\/users\/rbairwell\/statuses\/115028806851749694","object":{"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.org.uk\/users\/rbairwell\/statuses\/115028806851749694","objectType":"note","content":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mastodon.chriswiegman.com\/@chris\" class=\"u-url mention\">@chris<\/a> What sort of company are you working at which has the equipment in place for somebody's scheduled start date? Some sort of magic shop?<\/p><p>I jest, but I honestly can't remember the last time in 20 years+\/6+ jobs that things were ready for my start date (or anyone else: apart from the times I was involved in the recruitment process when the \"letter of acceptance\" asked them about their preferred setup so we ordered that as soon as we knew they would be starting in ~2-3 weeks)<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.org.uk\/@rbairwell\/115028806851749694","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/mastodon.chriswiegman.com\/users\/chris\/statuses\/115028744317995639","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.chriswiegman.com\/@chris\/115028744317995639"}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/mastodon.chriswiegman.com\/users\/chris"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2025-08-14:objectType=thread:nonce=002e96e352e8db6f","notice_info":{"local_id":"10790274","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2025-08-14T21:16:49+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.org.uk\/@rbairwell\/115028806851749694"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/sonomu.club\/users\/m2m","displayName":"Simone","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/139592-original-tmp20251008190347.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":400,"height":400},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/139592-96-20251008190407.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/139592-48-20251008190407.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/139592-24-20251008190407.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"139592"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/139592-96-20251008190407.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"A gen X with a straight to the point attitude. Based in the UK, I play bass and design sound under the moniker Minutes to Midnight.In a previous life, I spent decades working as a #GameAudio designer and a #WebDeveloper.","url":"https:\/\/sonomu.club\/@m2m","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"m2m","displayName":"Simone","note":"A gen X with a straight to the point attitude. Based in the UK, I play bass and design sound under the moniker Minutes to Midnight.In a previous life, I spent decades working as a #GameAudio designer and a #WebDeveloper."}},"content":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mastodon.org.uk\/@rbairwell\" class=\"u-url mention\">@rbairwell<\/a><\/p><p>that sounds so strange to me. I've had the exact opposite experience. And now that I'm on the 'other side' I can say for sure that all our new starters (and we have *a lot*, being a huge University faculty) receive their equipment on their first day, ready to go, with one of us giving an induction.<br \/> <br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/mastodon.chriswiegman.com\/@chris\" class=\"u-url mention\">@chris<\/a><\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-07-13:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/sonomu.club\/users\/m2m\/statuses\/115029031376893937","object":{"id":"https:\/\/sonomu.club\/users\/m2m\/statuses\/115029031376893937","objectType":"note","content":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mastodon.org.uk\/@rbairwell\" class=\"u-url mention\">@rbairwell<\/a><\/p><p>that sounds so strange to me. I've had the exact opposite experience. And now that I'm on the 'other side' I can say for sure that all our new starters (and we have *a lot*, being a huge University faculty) receive their equipment on their first day, ready to go, with one of us giving an induction.<br \/> <br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/mastodon.chriswiegman.com\/@chris\" class=\"u-url mention\">@chris<\/a><\/p>","url":"https:\/\/sonomu.club\/@m2m\/115029031376893937","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/mastodon.org.uk\/users\/rbairwell\/statuses\/115028806851749694","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.org.uk\/@rbairwell\/115028806851749694"}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/mastodon.chriswiegman.com\/users\/chris"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/mastodon.org.uk\/users\/rbairwell"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2025-08-14:objectType=thread:nonce=002e96e352e8db6f","notice_info":{"local_id":"10790277","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2025-08-14T21:16:48+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/sonomu.club\/@m2m\/115029031376893937"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.chriswiegman.com\/users\/chris","displayName":"Chris Wiegman","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/8333-original-tmp20260627211319.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":400,"height":400},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/8333-96-20260628103732.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/8333-48-20260627225852.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/8333-24-20260628103732.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"8333"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/8333-96-20260628103732.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"Tech leader, mentor, blogger, and open-source advocate with over 20 years of experience building humane, privacy-focused teams and technology.","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.chriswiegman.com\/@chris","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"chris","displayName":"Chris Wiegman","note":"Tech leader, mentor, blogger, and open-source advocate with over 20 years of experience building humane, privacy-focused teams and technology."}},"content":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sonomu.club\/@m2m\" class=\"u-url mention\">@m2m<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/mastodon.org.uk\/@rbairwell\" class=\"u-url mention\">@rbairwell<\/a> Most places I\u2019ve worked for have their stuff together, but there has been exceptions. In the WordPress world it wasn\u2019t even all that uncommon for places to tell their devs that they had to use their own computers.<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-07-13:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.chriswiegman.com\/users\/chris\/statuses\/115029189857324004","object":{"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.chriswiegman.com\/users\/chris\/statuses\/115029189857324004","objectType":"note","content":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sonomu.club\/@m2m\" class=\"u-url mention\">@m2m<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/mastodon.org.uk\/@rbairwell\" class=\"u-url mention\">@rbairwell<\/a> Most places I\u2019ve worked for have their stuff together, but there has been exceptions. In the WordPress world it wasn\u2019t even all that uncommon for places to tell their devs that they had to use their own computers.<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.chriswiegman.com\/@chris\/115029189857324004","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/sonomu.club\/users\/m2m\/statuses\/115029031376893937","url":"https:\/\/sonomu.club\/@m2m\/115029031376893937"}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/mastodon.org.uk\/users\/rbairwell"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/sonomu.club\/users\/m2m"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2025-08-14:objectType=thread:nonce=002e96e352e8db6f","notice_info":{"local_id":"10790278","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2025-08-14T21:16:46+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.chriswiegman.com\/@chris\/115029189857324004"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.chriswiegman.com\/users\/chris","displayName":"Chris Wiegman","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/8333-original-tmp20260627211319.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":400,"height":400},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/8333-96-20260628103732.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/8333-48-20260627225852.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/8333-24-20260628103732.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"8333"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/8333-96-20260628103732.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"Tech leader, mentor, blogger, and open-source advocate with over 20 years of experience building humane, privacy-focused teams and technology.","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.chriswiegman.com\/@chris","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"chris","displayName":"Chris Wiegman","note":"Tech leader, mentor, blogger, and open-source advocate with over 20 years of experience building humane, privacy-focused teams and technology."}},"content":"<p>My work computer for the new job I start on the 25th arrived today. I'm really looking forward to getting started!<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-07-13:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.chriswiegman.com\/users\/chris\/statuses\/115028744317995639","object":{"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.chriswiegman.com\/users\/chris\/statuses\/115028744317995639","objectType":"note","content":"<p>My work computer for the new job I start on the 25th arrived today. I'm really looking forward to getting started!<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.chriswiegman.com\/@chris\/115028744317995639","status_net":{"notice_id":null}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2025-08-14:objectType=thread:nonce=002e96e352e8db6f","notice_info":{"local_id":"10789520","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2025-08-14T19:23:01+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.chriswiegman.com\/@chris\/115028744317995639"}],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/conversation\/5497648","rel":"alternate","type":"text\/html"}]}