That's your side of the fence. Here's what the other side of the fence looks like: The first job I had, I needed to get a visual studio licence of some specifi

That's your side of the fence. Here's what the other side of the fence looks like: The first job I had, I needed to get a visual studio licence of some specific level. It was a $2000 dollar licence or something. The bureaucracy of the organization I was in was large and slow. My manager told me to request 4 licences instead of 1, so he wouldn't have to do the paperwork for the next set of interns. This wasn't an under the table thing, he told me this in front of /his/ manager, who obviously agreed that this was a sensible decision. As another example, my current employers attitude towards s3 space usage is "eh, keep shoveling it in there, it's cheaper to let it grow indefinitely than pay you to make something that clears it out automatically. We'll let you know if it ever gets expensive.". I can't say I fault the logic. Customers are certainly willing to pay money, but business services are where the gravy is at.