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If I had to tell you everything I knew about problem solving right now, with no preparation, what would it be?

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If I had to tell you everything I knew about problem solving right now, with no preparation, what would it be? Hello, I celebrate Christmas in the 24th Polish Style but I have a quick minute so I would say that you have to define the problem and put it into plain English. I would say that you have to verbalise the problem I would say that you have to keep on coming back to what the problem is at all times. Keep on verbalizing it. Keep on asking yourself what is the point here? What is the business need? Why am I doing this? This will stop you from getting lost in the tiny details of the code I like to run my problem through a model. I have four favourite models „When I write code now I think about ‚what do I want the outcome to be?’ And then I write the code to meet that outcome” (one from my boss) Test Driven Development - I think about what tests do I want to write? And then I think about what code do I want to write. This ties in with a big theme that came up during my trainings wit...
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Girl, where do you think you’re going?

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Girl, where do you think you’re going? Sorry the moment I decide to stop blogging a million posts come out. I’m trying to pack for my flight tomorrow. I have been so so ill and barely able to stand up for the last 3 days. I want a way forward in life. My way forward is to dance. If I start dancing again I can do anything. But even more than that I want to feel my connection to the internet towers. I love internet towers more than anything else and I love radio towers and phone masts and pylons and wind turbines and electricity towers. Most of all I want to feel my deep deep connection and love for these things. I want to go outside in nature more often - one or two days on the weekend should really be spent in some form of nature and I am 100% serious about this. As for my work? Relax. Just chill. I want to use my problem solving skills. I want to apply them. I am ready to do the work. The more I relax the better I will be at problem solving. Time to start packing. Or decorate my journ...
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How I „Built My House” in 2024; and why I may no longer need to work excessively

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How I „Built My House” in 2024; and why I may no longer need to work excessively I not only have autism and ADHD but I have one of the most unique learning styles. If you don’t believe me that’s chill; ask anyone who’s ever managed me. This is why I blog so much. This is how I learn. I take much longer to learn stuff and then it stays with me forever. I can only learn things deeply or not at all. My knowledge is profound and I can apply it effortlessly hanging upside down from the ceiling in the middle of my sleep. But first I have to have that knowledge. I am extremely clever (sorry again not just my words) - but that knowledge has to be built up and it takes ages. My employment has depended on employers believing in me - and believing me when I say that it takes 6-9 months for investments to show. That’s a very long time for a company. I have had phenomenal employers. So about the house I built  In the absolute nightmare that is navigating learning systems that are not mine I hav...
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An Ode to 2024: Everything I Do, I Do It For You (My Passion. My Mission. My Drive.).

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An Ode to 2024: Everything I Do, I Do It For You (My Passion. My Mission. My Drive.). Okay yeah sometimes it happens. You lose your dream job and leaving behind renewable energy hurts you so much you take 11 months to process it. Except you don’t leave renewable energy. You leave a training role for a legit role. You learn beginners Python in 10 days. You learn some Django. You travel to London multiple times to make the good impression. You sort of realise that you have been hired to a backend role. You sort of don’t realise that the role was more senior than what you thought. You upskill like crazy for the next 8 months. Because you are autistic this can take a while to show. It can take months for the results to break through to the surface. You have the best manager in the world who is kind and really really supportive. Even so it’s so hard for the results to break through You finish a huge Python course. It’s so hard and there is so much to cram in while working - but you still ma...
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When I don't know where to go

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When I don't know where to go When I don't know where to go, I go to renewable energy When I don't know where to look, I look to renewable energy When I don't know what my future holds, I look to renewable energy When I come home late at night,  The red lights are flashing at me, Flashing out too sea, Blinking at me The red lights of the wind farms When I get the bus early in the morning And the golden light touches the wind turbines Transfiguring their white into rays of pink and gold On a white hazy background of the sky and of the sea I know they are there Pointing me in the right direction When I walk across the office terrace at dawn There they are Bathed in a white mist Urging me to go and make some progress When I travel in on the train Listening to a song called "Surge" about electricity And I see the pylons on the way Pointing me in the right direction I know that I gave everything And it wasn't for nothing It wasn't for nothing *** The Sun ca...
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Wishing On An Eyelash Again

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Wishing On An Eyelash Again “I’ve been trying to tell you, I’ve been dying to tell you, Want you all to myself, I, want you all to myself and, When we leave all the parties, when we’re not in our bodies,  When we’re up in a spaceship, that’s when I feel the greatest, I made a wish on an eyelash, Made a wish on elevens, Made a wish on my birthday, Talk about you to heaven.” I love renewable energy. I made a wish on an eyelash. I love AI in renewable energy. I made a wish on an eyelash about it. And then I ended up in an AI in renewable energy and water team. And it’s a dream come true. I am so happy and grateful to be here. I love it here so much. All I know is that I am someone who never gives up. I never ever ever give up. 🤦‍♀️  I know I can solve things. I can solve things properly. I have to remember to zoom out. I have to remember to constantly define the problem and constantly constantly come back to the problem. I shouldn’t just get stuck on one line of code. I should c...
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Halfway Between The Pylons And The Offshore Wind Farms

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Halfway Between The Pylons And The Offshore Wind Farms I live halfway between the pylons and the offshore wind farms. I am precisely where I need to be. I am exactly where I am meant to be. Always. To the south out to see I have the Rampion offshore wind farm. To the north I have a substation and a stream of pylons going up the hill. Going off into the downs. I could never work in any industry that’s not renewable energy. I love this industry with all of my heart. I will only ever be me if I am working in renewable energy. I will only ever be Susanna if I am working in renewable energy. I will not be Susanna if I am not working in renewable energy. So what do I need to do to stay in my beloved renewable energy industry? I need to: Run a click command on Monday  See if I can turn my click command into a click command with a for loop inside it See if I can pass in my second url to the same two functions my first url goes through as a parameter or if they need to be two different sepa...
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