This is one of the reasons why "Can you describe what I'd need to do to buy a $50 book?" is a deceptively good question to ask during job interviews (or earlier) for getting a read on how a company treats engineers, what their tolerance for process-for-sake-of-process is, etc.https://twitter.com/QuinnyPig/status/1103871152236060672 …
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At Google, you don't even need the receipt for expenses under $75, and I've frequently told people that it's cheaper just to buy a book than it is to email a large list to ask if someone already has a copy.
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And the limit for a receipt is $75 because the IRS requires a receipt for purchases over $75 or they start asking questions about business expense vs. under-the-table compensation.
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My recollection from a more innocent time: we could pretty much buy whatever we could casually justify and reasonably read. I was also somewhat senior at that point but only somewhat. The privilege was widespread and extended to software packages. Intel, Folsom, early 90s.
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