Thinking about the nice man outside of Bletchley Park - again

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Thinking about the nice man outside of Bletchley Park - again

For my 30th birthday I went to Bletchley Park with my childhood best friend. We met a strange and mystical and magical man 

Outside of the park. He stood us there and gave us a lecture on computer science - whether we liked it or not. My friend, an extremely intelligent Chemistry and Renewable Energy and Auditing expert followed along for the ride (probably better than me). And this is what he said: all of code can be broken down into smaller parts. All problems can be broken down into smaller parts. When Alan Turing couldn’t crack Enigma straight away - he solved a smaller problem. All problems can be broken down into smaller problems. I don’t know what to do with my current ticket. I solved some stuff yesterday but now I don’t know what to do. I wrote some stuff yesterday and I committed and pushed but now I don’t know what to do. And I hate that feeling. I hate that feeling of not knowing what to do. And I hate that I feel so down 

And upset about my software engineering career right now. Just because of something that happened yesterday 
A book called Namaste with a Nepalese girl on the front cover bowing and praying

But I have to really believe that things will be okay somehow right? I have to believe that things will really be okay right now

Even though I’m struggling right now and because after all the challenges especially all the challenges of last year I’m tempted to give up 

And this is how I got through my horrible hard year in 2024 when I was constantly working and going through some really difficult processes 

I felt close to Alan Turing
And I relied on and trusted the goodness that was inherent in my heart

And I rode on my passion for software engineering 

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