Apprentice developer defied orders – then got a job supporting her weird code

Kara, an apprentice software engineering student in 1999, automated a manual data entry task for a Y2K supplier audit program by writing a script to extract data from a Unix minicomputer and transfer it to an Access database. Despite the script freezing the PC, her solution impressed her temporary boss, leading to a full-time job at the company where she later supported the problematic database.