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At my company, I can buy pretty much anything I want. I do buy hardware often. But software dev tools? I am trying hard to think of one and coming up empty.

• vertis 3y ago
  Yeah, there are definitely exceptions to this. I had a company credit card for quite a while at a previous company. It did result in a bunch of other devs coming to me to get small things purchased (this was an appropriate use). The number of tiny things that were then not subject to silly red tape just provides supporting data for the original tweet though. There are also examples like Slack where it becomes a ground up movement that eventually results in the company purchasing the requested tool. (Context: I was the lead engineer on the company emerging technology team, buying 3D printers, VR headsets, and hackathon supplies and many many things of this nature + travel related expenses)