I Love The Pylons: More Python Part 6

I couldn't find any good quotes about pylons. 

So I will just have to write my own.

I love pylons.

I love pylons so so so much. I love them. They take me straight to God. They take me direct to my Being. I once said to my meditation teacher, a very esteemed name in the field, "I love pylons and wind turbines. They take me straight there. They take me there even faster than your meditations do." He told me that what I do was beautiful and he still constantly encourages me and tells me to continue with my work; in a way he is my biggest empowerer and my biggest supporter. I am so so grateful to have someone like that who supports me with my passion - not to mention my managers, my mentors, my teammates and my family.

A photo of some pylons in Leeds that my favourite person ever has sent to me.

I am so lucky to have so much support and to have people who help me to fulfil my dreams and ambitions and who can help me to make sure that all of my dreams are a dream come true.

Python Problem and Glitches

I decided to go for an easy one today (7 kyu) but from there onwards I am in BIG TROUBLE WITH MYSELF and I am only going for level 6 kyu challenges.

Even if it takes longer - I need to go for the harder challenges. I need to challenge myself more.

I have gone for: "Get the Middle Character". Watch out for my HACKY solution! Erm - going up a level seems so intimidating when this already seems so hard. BUT WAIT. I have been learning so much Python string formatting stuff. Maybe there are some solutions I know about that I could use?

Edit: I am no longer in big trouble with myself at all

I have had the most wonderful pep talk from my mentor today - thank you so so so much for that thank you. I really appreciate it, thank you. I will have to write it out for myself 100,000,000 times later to process but here it is:

My wonderful, wonderful, wonderful and lovely and kind mentor says:

Level 6 problems are not always bitesize.

Level 7 problems are bitesize. 

(Codewars moves down from level 8 - entry level - to level 1 - absolutely insanely CRAZILY hard).

To move to intermediate proficiency the best thing is to start solving level 7 problems elegantly. 

I AM BUILDING UP MY VOCABULARY OF ALL THE THINGS PYTHON IS GOOD AT.

When level 7 becomes simple because I can solve it elegantly, level 6 will come naturally.

It will still be a huge amount of problem solving and thinking, but it won't be as daunting.

Guidelines

When I am comfortable with solving level seven elegantly, 

Me solving level 6 problems will develop more advanced problem solving skills that will build an intermediate foundations.

When level 7 becomes simple because I can solve it elegantly, level 6 will come naturally.

Only with experience will this come! Only with experience will this come. 

This will only come with experience.

Conclusions

When level 7 becomes simple because I can solve it elegantly, level 6 will come naturally.

So in conclusion:

I am going to work on level 7 problems

I am going to work on solving them elegantly

When I get good at them and good at solving them elegantly, and when I can solve them quite elegantly, then I will be ready to solve the level 6 problems

Level 6 problems are just a collection of level 7 problems anyway !!!

So for now I am going to be focusing on level 7 kyu CodeWars problems!!!

I am listening to Princess Chelsea today

And there is so much healing...

... so much healing involved. Her whole music is imbued with the essence and the energy of healing...

.. I'm convinced. I'm sure of it. I used to listen to her a lot when I was living in Liverpool. Living in Liverpool was one of the toughest times of my life.

 

I had to learn many, many challenges along the way during that year at Liverpool; I don't want to say too much but I was suffering from a health condition that was pretty much unmanageable at the time; however because it was a medical mystery and it couldn't really be diagnosed/hadn't really been diagnosed yet and couldn't be resolved, I was determined not to let it stop me from doing my beloved masters.

But I'm so glad that I made it through. I got so much out of that year (see below) and I fell in love with Liverpool forever (and with the NorthWest overall, especially because the next year I moved to Manchester). 

When I was waiting for the outcome of my Product interview (which is what ultimately got me into software engineering) I was in Liverpool at that time hanging out at my favourite spot of all - the Fesitval Gardens.

And Sefton Park. How I miss Lark Lane.

You want to find magic? Go to Lark Lane, have a coffee, visit the gift shops.

You want to find magic? Go to Lark Lane.

I am so grateful for that year because even though it was one of the hardest years in the world, I got so much out of it; so much support and guidance from the kind people of Liverpool; some of the most unlikely of lessons can be learned from some of the most unlikely places in the world. Ultimately, I learned to pick myself up off the floor there.

And I am picking myself up off the floor now. With Python, because while I already know it I need to know it so much more and so much better than I do now. And I am not afraid. I am doing everything I can do help myself. I am picking myself up off the floor. Because I do not lie around and I do not complain; I get on with things; and I get things done; I get the job done.

So, so much love to the people of Liverpool and here's to some more Python. 🫡🫡

Because: Everything I do, I do it for the windfarms

During my Masters year in Liverpool, I fell in love with the wind farms.

And everything I do I do it for the wind farms.

I fell in love during that Masters in Marine Spatial Planning.

I feel in love with the wind farms that I could see out at sea in the distance.

I learned to site windfarms during a workshop with Orsted. I learned about how deep to place wind farms, how to choose the right ocean bed, how to think about wildlife, and how to think about distance from the shore and ecosystems and competition with other sea stakeholders - but really I spent a whole year doing that in my intense masters degree.

And I code now for the love of the wind farms and the pylons - and the whole of the utilities industry - and for the love of software engineering.

Really, really in conclusion - but this time it's for real though

In terms of improving my Python, here goes:

• I need to focus on solving level 7 problems elegantly
• Once I can solve level 7 problems elegantly
• Level 6 problems will be easy

Tomorrow I am starting again with the level 7 Python problems.

I am so so so grateful to my mentor, and I am so grateful to him for teaching me these things.

Thank you. 💫⭐🌠🌟🌠💫🌟