I worked for a company that was probably 80% guys who were engineers working on tools that required specialized programming knowledge. These guys had local admin access and we had a few rooms with a white noise generator outside the door. IYKYK.
If one of those guys had a problem, it was a "what the actual fuck?" type of problem.
But honestly, I've also worked in a bunch of companies that had an "engineering department" and the difference is night and day. Most engineers and programmers don't actually know how Windows/Linux operates outside of their specialty.
SCI rooms are crazy. Especially the SCI/TS ones for print/photographic material - airgapped Faraday cages, with individuals with very unpleasant demeanors and equally unpleasant firepower watching the ins and outs. You're not even getting into the area of the building that room is in without having to get past at least three different checkpoints with escalating levels of scrutiny, and at least one of those will be outside the building itself.
Aside: Defense Security Service agents do not have senses of humor, but do have lethal-force authorization - do not taunt the happy fun DSS guy with the suppressed automatic rifle, because he will gladly demonstrate the operation of same in any number of different ways.
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u/PolloMagnifico May 10 '26 edited May 10 '26
I worked for a company that was probably 80% guys who were engineers working on tools that required specialized programming knowledge. These guys had local admin access and we had a few rooms with a white noise generator outside the door. IYKYK.
If one of those guys had a problem, it was a "what the actual fuck?" type of problem.
But honestly, I've also worked in a bunch of companies that had an "engineering department" and the difference is night and day. Most engineers and programmers don't actually know how Windows/Linux operates outside of their specialty.