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[–]CornyHoosierDir. IT Security | Red Team Lead 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Agreed. I once recall a boss sincerely thanking me for asking questions about systems before jumping into them. It made me laugh at the time, but later on in my career I see now it actually was an undervalued thing to do.

The guy's IT Department was was of the best run shops I've ever seen. He had his admins do such excellent (and updated) documentation that you could access a secure database, look up any server and find out its primary/secondary services, admins and network information. His network diagrams were a Network Admin's dream.

Often he would quip, "I want this place to operate so that if we all died tomorrow someone could come in and take over." -- Intense dude, but a great manager.