Susanna Codes

Reconnecting with the lands of where I am from  I am from Luxembourg. I am so proud to be from Luxembourg. I am not from the banks and the designer shops although man I do love the airport there. I am from the forests and the villages. I am from the hills and the secret trees. I am from the mountains.  I am from the wind turbines. I am from the secret streams that you would find in the forest. I am from the mysterious pathways in the woods that only I know  I am from the castles that you would have to drive a certain way to find I am from the woods. I am from deep within the woods I am from where the green light of love filters through the trees I am from where you can watch the sunset between two trees while leaning on another tree I am from  I am from  I am from where there are secret white trees in the forest  I do everything I do because I love the environment I love the planet Do you? I love the Earth  I am the Earth  Back home, in Luxembourg...

I’M MARRIED TO THE HUSTLE Look down on me, and you may not be looking down for long Put me down and you have put down the wrong woman I eat motivation for breakfast I am locked in Susanna 2.0 I love what I do. I have given everything to do it I overcome 100 invisible barriers to walk through the office door every day I have already won in every possible way just by making it this far I am amazing I work so hard I focus  I organise my time I prioritise I hustle If you want to judge me by my rank That only reflects on you I don’t know anyone who tries harder than me Look down on me and you may not be looking down for too long Put me down and you may be putting down the wrong woman No woman should ever be put down  Anyway  I wrote my own job description it looks great my managers are really happy with me that I have done it thank you 💞❤️‍🔥🪷💖💗🪻🌹💕❤️❤️‍🔥💕🩷💞

Chimera  Sometimes along your path as a software engineer you will meet people who will want to put you down.  Is it because you dare to have the nerve to be a woman in software engineering  Is it because they feel threatened by you  I don't know  I don't know  I don't know these things  I don't know why  I do know the following things  I merged 3 PRs in one day on Thursday  I have started coming in at 9 am every day to read the docs - my old pattern was more like 9.45-5.45 but having 45 minutes at the start of the day every day to read docs is amazing  I was hospitalised on Monday night from a seizure  I was told in no uncertain terms to take Tuesday off to recover  I came back in on Wednesday and finished a little sooner  By Thursday I was back and kicking and raised 3 PRs in one day  And then I went to Martial Arts  And today I have read so much React docs and have written up my own job description as wel...

Man shall not live by software engineering alone There was a time when I only really wanted to be an engineer. I still want this more than anything. But it’s not enough. I want to be a dancer. I missed my last two dance classes and I was absolutely heartbroken. I will still have to see about the next one. I have been really unwell this week and I am recovering. But I know it’s the end. It’s almost the end of my seizures. How do you recover from an unrecoverable illness. The answer is you need a miracle BRO I AM in the business of attracting miracles I am in the business of attracting miracles I am in the business of attracting miracles I am in the business of attracting miracles “Be realistic. Expect a miracle.” Be realistic  Expect a miracle Finding software engineering was a miracle that turned my whole beautiful life upside down I never imagined that I could love anything so much Why stop at one miracle Bro why stop at two or three Why stop at a hundred or a million or even at a...

Why it is my purpose in life to be a software engineer I don’t have anything to say. Three years ago I got made my first job offer. It was all I ever wanted in the world. I got paid to learn JavaScript for four months and then do a bootcamp. It was like something surreal  Out of this world It was a miracle It was a miracle It was a miracle It was my miracle  What more can I say other than that. Over the next three years the highs and lows the layoffs the harsh feedback the people who can’t always see my talents for what they are sometimes it has remained my miracle it has always been  My miracle It will always be my miracle  My miracle  My miracle  When asked why it might be my life purpose All I can say is It just is When asked why it might be my destiny It is just is When asked why it’s my miracle It just is It just is When asked what I am living for  I might be inclined to just say: “another day at the office, dear.” ❤️‍🔥

Why I don’t take anything in life for granted I looked in my bag today on the way home. And I saw the empty Tupperware bowl I take my lunch in to work every day. One of two or three. I take the same thing to lunch every day at the moment I take a slight variation of it anyway  I take some form of a Buddha bowl. Rice with edamame. Maybe kimchi. Mango. Tofu if I’m feeling fancy I absolutely love it I looked at my bowl in my bag. I thought a part of me could’ve been tired of the repetition But every day is such a privilege. It is a privilege to make another rice and edamame and spinach bowl and come into the office and do what I love  It is a privilege to tap my card on the door of my office and to come in It is a privilege to sit down with my laptop  A privilege to join my calls  It is a privilege to write another day of software