Restrictive Environment From School

[billbo911]

Originally Posted by 527point

They found what we were doing so interesting that they wanted to get involved. When they found out how knowledgeable a few members were with technology .... I have been working for them for 4 years now and youd be surprised they are just as normal (or strange dependign on your view) as us.

Your point is very well presented!

I work in a very large health care organization. In fact, it is the single largest HMO in the country. I work very closely with the IT department although I do not work directly for them.
The IT infrastructure here similar to what NUKEM described in that it is very restrictive. Believe me, there are many VERY GOOD reasons that it is this way. The interesting thing is, there are basically two groups of people that don't like it: The technically inept that feel they are being restricted by those in power, and, the technically adept that know what their needs are and can fully explain it.

I'll give you one guess as to which of these groups actually end up getting the access and applications they need. All it takes is explaining your needs and justifying your request. In fact, as 527point said, he found that they were so impressed with the teams knowledge and understanding of the technical side of their request that the IT wonks actually went out of their way to help out. It is my experience as well that most IT people love to have, and help out, users that truly understand what they are doing.