hu3 parent
I know many developers who buy Jetbrains licenses from their own pockets.
I'm one... I was introduced to JB by someone else who paid out of their own pocket 18 years ago. I thought he was crazy... then a couple years later I tried it in earnest and it was ... life (well career) changing.
Out of curiosity: do you know why they pay for it themselves instead of asking their company to do so?
Because not all "developers" are developers in their day jobs. I'm personally a sysadmin most of the time, and I do my own R&D (mostly academic, but novel).
Some tools I like are not free, and I buy licenses by myself.
Cause many developers have personal projects they cant use company resources on