Even if you end up working for a business that has pretty locked-down systems, you'll find that developers often end up with admin privileges on their machines.

Even if you end up working for a business that has pretty locked-down systems, you'll find that developers often end up with admin privileges on their machines. Otherwise, you'd end up calling IT every 5 minutes to install updates to your tooling and dependencies. The corporation I work for is almost anal about locking down machines to the point where you can't even install a browser yourself. I had admin access on day one as a developer and have no idea how I'd work without it. Their safety net is that they'll almost definitely have monitoring tools installed. If you install something that triggers an alarm or they detect suspicious usage patterns, they'll be in touch. Otherwise, you're good.