The Core Developer's Counterattack
Language: en
"Fiona, you can take your maternity leave, but you absolutely must be present for the project presentation on Monday." Monday? That would be exactly seven days after my C-section. I lay in the bed at the postpartum care center, my incision still seeping blood. On the other end of the phone was my department manager, David Reynolds. "Don't worry, just show your face to prove you were involved in the project." He made it sound so effortless. But I wrote that project—from the very first line of code to the final algorithm iteration. What did he mean by "prove I was involved"? I stayed…