@nixCraft At a previous job, I was brought on to handle a large macOS environment. It was a mess of different OS versions, no standardized way to deploy packages, no base profiles, etc and a lengthy queue of trouble tickets for poorly deployed software. I grabbed three Mac Minis, put the three majority deployed OS versions on them and just stacked them on my desk and started running profiles, install packages on them, etc to make sure nothing would break before going out. Had some of the other IT people stick their head in the door and go “hey you want some more computers? HAHA. What are you doing anyway?” After telling them I was testing things before deployment every one said something along the lines of “Huh…never thought about that…I should do something similar.”

That should have been a giant red flag, but I was just happy to have a new job at the time and moved past it.