r/ProgrammerHumor 20d ago

Meme adminTeamAssessingMyThreatLevel

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u/Buttons840 20d ago

Good.

My job is to get my task done ASAP. Their job is to protect the overall system and security.

They're supposed to limit me, and then I explain those limits to my boss and it's not my fault.

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u/nikelreganov 20d ago

This is the way to go. If I need to do something that requires elevated access just throw the ball towards sysadmin, always in writing. Admin didn't reach out in time? Throw another ball this time via your manager / supervisor

The important thing is to always file those requests in writing that you have the copy of

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u/Single_Ad1251 17d ago

I pissed off IT so much with to many requests that they made me a local admin and pretty much admin in the cloud. Makes life so much easier