“Across the whole universe with you”

These lyrics are from a song I wrote about Alan Turing in the summer. When things get really tough I often think about Alan Turing. I think about how he would approach problem solving. Was it easy for him? I mean problem solving? I mean he approached such a complex problem that of course it took him years but he saved an estimated 14 million lives in the process.

I wonder how hard it was for him, if it was hard at all. Did he ever had to learn problem solving or was he born with it? Did he learn it from his beloved puzzles? What about when he studied Maths - did he develop that there? I love the line in the film when he says that he’s not a prodigy - I don’t know if that really happened or not - when he compares himself to Newton.

I wonder if problem solving came naturally to him. 

I wonder what he would’ve done if he was in my situation. I have always known and felt that he would’ve believed in me. That he would’ve encouraged us all. That he loves and believes in the scientists and technologists of today

What would he have said about my problem solving wall? And what would Margaret Elaine Hamilton my other hero have said about it? Being a software engineer doesn’t really feel like such a big dream

Especially when you have been in the industry for two years. 

But maybe that’s it. Maybe I need to continue to keep on seeing it as a big dream

I don’t understand why I am having to fight for it so hard