Oh, give him a break. He's a kid. He got his (manual data-entry) work done. Yes, legally he developed a program on company time and on company computers. But

Oh, give him a break. He's a kid. He got his (manual data-entry) work done. Yes, legally he developed a program on company time and on company computers. But he's not being willfully extortionary just because he thought ahead and won't let scumbag boss take all the credit.