The first Mac I ever got, the IT department forgot to give me admin access, so I couldn't install any software. Having never used a Mac before, it took a grand

The first Mac I ever got, the IT department forgot to give me admin access, so I couldn't install any software. Having never used a Mac before, it took a grand total of about 15 minutes of Googling to figure out how to boot into single user mode and give myself admin access.