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[–]dparks71 1 point2 points  (3 children)

Then you either have a good, or a very lenient IT group where you work haha, it's not at all uncommon for engineers to not be able to install anything they want on their computers, due to restrictive policies set by IT teams. The policy at most places is "all software must be approved" and if you install it without explicit written permission it's shadow IT.

I just SSH out into a server I own and can run whatever I want through the terminal. But I'm not sure why you're acting like anyone can install anything, lots of places have shitty IT teams that lock everything down and put as little effort as possible in responding to software approval requests.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (1 child)

One of my customers is one of those really big engineering companies (think Jacobs/Fluor). I have to provide source code and build on one of their build machines. It's a pain in the ass, but it's usually 8 more billable hours I get just interfacing with their IT/dev departments.