Workload Written By Student Made Millions, Ran On Unsupported Hardware, With Zero Maintenance
The Register, Friday, November 22nd, 2024
Nobody minded for 20 years or so, until another student took action
Many a Friday arrives with a feeling that the previous four days of toil occupied more than 96 hours, which is why The Register always marks the day with a new instalment of On Call, our reader-contributed tales of fun times delivering tech support.
This week, meet a reader we will Regomize as "Rik" who shared the story of how, during his undergraduate computing studies, he scored a student placement in the IT support team of a large UK company that traded 24/7 on various financial markets.