When I interview people, I don't care how they get an answer, I want to see that they can get to the answer, ideally the correct one, but it doesn't matter if it's wrong. I want them to show me their problem solving skills and that they understand their own solution.
If you can read existing code and understand complexities you are already better than 80% of these hires.
The Framework 13 laptop is around 1200€ , New ThinkPads are over your budget by a lot, except for the ThinkPad L14 AMD which is just outside your budget, but would probably fit your requirements
Yeah that makes more sense. Probably half or quarter the numbers and you have a closer number.
I would love to know the total number that went to recycling plants in that 6 month period too