--- title: "Apprentice developer defied orders – then got a job supporting her weird code" url: https://daily.dev/posts/apprentice-developer-defied-orders-then-got-a-job-supporting-her-weird-code-uzxxjwazc source_url: https://www.theregister.com/software/2026/07/06/apprentice-developer-defied-orders-then-got-a-job-supporting-her-weird-code/5266330 type: article source: "The Register" published: 2026-08-06T10:37:23.288Z updated: 2026-08-06T10:40:52.369Z tags: ["career", "backend"] reading_time: 3 upvotes: 0 comments: 0 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Apprentice developer defied orders – then got a job supporting her weird code **[The Register](https://daily.dev/sources/theregister)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A lighthearted career story about an apprentice developer who ignored instructions, wrote unconventional code, and ended up being hired specifically to maintain it — a classic 'who wrote this?' moment with a twist ending. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Developer fought for the right to write, but lost boss fight](https://daily.dev/posts/developer-fought-for-the-right-to-write-but-lost-boss-fight-saxzqng83) · The Register · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Where will developer wisdom come from?](https://daily.dev/posts/where-will-developer-wisdom-come-from--hoexpr7ys) · InfoWorld · 1 upvotes · 1 comments --- Tags: [#career](https://daily.dev/tags/career), [#backend](https://daily.dev/tags/backend) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/apprentice-developer-defied-orders-then-got-a-job-supporting-her-weird-code-uzxxjwazc)