Comment by GuB-42
5 hours ago
There is something about using quality tools that goes beyond practical.
For example, I like coding on a nice keyboard, and I think I am not the only one here. But realistically, the cheap keyboards that litter offices everywhere work just as well. Simply, I don't enjoy using them, and when it is something you work with every day on a job that pays well, you can afford a few hundred dollars worth of luxury once in a decade.
As someone said, there is also the question of image. If you are a professional, your customers (/patients if you are a doctor) expect you to have professional tools. For example, a contractor arriving with that $10 Ikea toolbox may rise a few eyebrows. Maybe that's all he needs and he can do a terrific job with it, but he may not be taken seriously.
That is also my productivity hack. It reminds me of video games that gives you reward cues for doing something. Psychological tricks to massage your brain and get you hooked. That's why also like to buy nice stationary. I always look forward to use my notebooks and pens.
And the $10 toolbox needs to only be insufficient once or twice and suddenly the $200 packout makes sense.
For you or I who use the box once a year? The savings are worth the minor hassle - but if you’re using it everyday it only takes once or twice to outweigh the costs.