Comment Re:hear me out on this... (Score 1) 84
There still are occasional situations where it's required - for instance, embedded devs and guys working on drivers sometimes have a need to hit the hardware directly or without the OS otherwise being involved to get some of our tools to work, although a network-restricted VM will suffice for that more often than not. Where I work we don't have direct admin access per se, but we do have to formally request to have USB access turned on and/or Avecto installed on the box. Afterwards any admin access requests are automatically logged and the session recorded so at least IT has a jumping-off point if anyone does something stupid. We also have a ton of internally DMZ'd lab networks and dedicated machines for when groups of folks need that kind of access.
But unconditional root just because you're a dev? Sure, just enter "sudo go screw yourself"