[carlosf]

Installing python does not require admin permissions in Windows, just choose $HOME/... as install path.

It also does not require admin permissions in Linux, although most distros do not offer a happy path for that.

[kingkongjaffa]

corporate IT in the companies I am talking about is significantly more locked down, python is not install-able by going to https://www.python.org/ and downloading the binary there. Downloading executables is locked down.

Not really sure how this is a rebuttal, maybe what you say is true on a default windows installation, not on an IT-dept managed system.

[kitrose]

You can install Anaconda without admin.