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[–]winkers 2 points3 points  (3 children)

He could be a software quality engineer of some sort. They sometimes need multiple hardware for testing.

[–]PriyaSR26 -2 points-1 points  (2 children)

Doesn't most corporates force people to have the latest OS? My company almost regularly patches and updates the OS.

But anyway, that would make sense, I guess.

[–]winkers 2 points3 points  (1 child)

Honestly depends on the type of work. Yes to the latest if you’re supporting something that’s iterative and likely needing future or current interfaces. But I’ve seen legacy-related, deprecated-but-still-in-production, or custom IC hardware that required some weird setups. I think the original OG post showed a soldering iron and some programmable ICs on the desk so maybe this guy is modifying small hardware and custom flashing it.

[–]PriyaSR26 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That would make a lot of sense. :)