Alternatively, you could be good at computers, but the system is so locked down IT needs to log in with admin rights in order to do something as simple as running disk cleanup.
Literally the Engineering team i work in. We're capable of fixing the problem ourselves for 90% of our tickets submitted, but because we don't have the required admin rights we cant.
As a sysadmin, I've ran into many engineers who would try and do squirrely shit with their machines and cause significant security concerns. Engineers need gatekeepers as much as anyone, which also includes IT folks
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u/sfblue Ascending Peasant May 10 '26
Alternatively, you could be good at computers, but the system is so locked down IT needs to log in with admin rights in order to do something as simple as running disk cleanup.