Susanna Codes

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 

Stiffen that upper lip up, little lady I knew that eating matcha cookies was a big mistake. I am the most caffeine hypersensitive person alive. If I fall asleep by two am I will be impressed  Almost as impressed as I was with bad bunny’s halftime show What a legend Unfortunately he is the same age as me and that has made me question my whole life And anyway I spent the weekend thinking about work Which is normally not allowed  Especially not as much as this weekend and the last one or two But times of change require it from me Need to take more breaks in the week for sure So that all my reflection doesn’t happen  Over the weekend But look here bro I wrote a job description  For myself I am on draft two of three No one ever could tell me what my job meant But after a few years  I have figured it out I have figured it out after a few years I hope it helps