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by FireBeyond 1304 days ago
I liked one of my old bosses for this. He'd notice a meeting with 5 engineers about licensing some software and would swoop in.

"How much is the license for this software?" Upon hearing an answer, "The company bills your time out at $250/hr - this meeting has cost us the licensing fee of this software. Next time, just buy it. If I have a problem with that, I'll change the policy then."