Not of her work. Not of her code. Of her taskbar, standing proudly on the left side of her screen, like a flag on a conquered mountain. She sent it to the company-wide Slack channel with two words:
"I said no ."
She took a screenshot.
"Wait, actually??" — Priya, QA. "I just moved mine to the top and I feel like a god." — Marcus, frontend. "Left side supremacy." — Elena, herself, feeling a surge of pride. "You're all monsters." — Derek, product manager. move taskbar
Up.
Then the policy hit. Her taskbar snapped to the bottom. The lock icon reappeared. Gray. Immovable. Official. Not of her work