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Oct 22, 2010 at 6:17 comment added Christopher Mahan What, you use stuff you have to pay for? I don't because I can get a complete working system the way I want in an afternoon rather than the 4 weeks it takes to get approval for purchase.
Oct 15, 2010 at 20:55 comment added Steven Evers @Nick Haslam: worse if it comes out of the syadmin's budget because it's hardware... you'll never get that drive.
Oct 15, 2010 at 17:30 comment added Bill Leeper I understand the need here, but honestly most programmers I know have no concept of budgets or ROI. That said, the programmers direct line manager should have that approval AND take care of all the paperwork. It shouldn't slow you down, but a lot of places would buckle if programmers got everything on this list with no consideration for the cost and how it compared to the income being generated. A dual monitor, solid state drive, MacBook Pro might increase productivity but if you are not generating any income where is the $5k coming from.
Oct 13, 2010 at 15:29 comment added Nick Haslam Agreed, as it really sucks if you need to go through a 3 week approval proces to get a replacement drive for your RAID array. Which then throws another drive while you wait. Hot Spares FTW!
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Oct 12, 2010 at 20:23 comment added GrandmasterB And you know, it doesnt have to be a lot. But its a real PITA if the company requires you to go through a bunch of hoops just to register a $30 text editor or something.
Oct 12, 2010 at 20:16 history answered Gratzy CC BY-SA 2.5