Parent company doesn't want ANYONE to have direct read access to the database - only the scant few heavily formatted reports the user-facing software will allow. Data analysis still needs to get done though, so.....

Yeah. PQ -> Data Model saves my ass and my co-workers think I'm a wizard.

That, and learning how to quietly exploit minor vulnerabilities in the software to get raw tables I "shouldn't" have and telling not one soul has been a winning combo!