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What tools/IDEs/machines do PayPal engineers use to write code?
Everyone has a fair amount of autonomy at PayPal. So you'll find our answers vary quite a bit on this subject.
When I started at PayPal, I was issued a MacBook Pro and there wasn't really any software pre-installed on it (other than security-related software). From there it's pretty much up to you.
So I use Atom, Terminal.app, and Chrome for most of my work :)
Thanks @Kent!
Emacs. Forever Emacs. :-)
In all seriousness, it depends on what I'm doing. Like Kent said, PayPal does allow you a fair amount of autonomy in what software you use to do your job. Lately my main tools have been Atom, Chrome, and iTerm2 -- but I also keep a copy of things like SoapUI, Eclipse, Android Developer Studio, Xcode, and XMLSpy for doing other, more specialized tasks.
First, I use a Mac :) Then I use Visual Studio Code (with a bunch of extensions) as my IDE for all development, and exclusively use the Google Chrome developer tools for all client-side stuff. For one-off huge files/logs, I use Sublime. For design I use Sketch. I also use iTerm as my terminal replacement, and can't live without the zsh shell. For general computer productivity, I use Alfred for searching through files/apps, and Better Snap Tool to give me window snapping capabilities. Oh, and Bartender is really great for hiding all the status bar icons.
:D