Comment Ubiquitous in the mega crops (Score 1) 605
Having worked in various mega corps, admin privileges for developers seems to be ubiquitous. It seems ironic that most development tools do not adhere to best practices in this regard.
But I'm not complaining, its nice to have full control of the machine, even if it always comes with the caveat 'you break it, the only support you get is a re-imaging'. At my current company this standoffish behavior has resulted in the developers running whatever OS they desire, much to the chagrin of infrastructure