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Reflections on how much I wanted to be a software engineer...

 Reflections on how much I wanted to be a software engineer... ... And reflections on how much I DREAMED OF BEING A SOFTWARE ENGINEER... 💚💜💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💛💙 I have a beautiful memory from 2022. It’s of visiting Arundel Castle. I was absolutely completely obsessed with software engineering at this point. It was end of October so it was two weeks after I had made my commitment to “become a software engineer or spend the rest of my life trying.” I love what I do so much Sometimes it actually even hurts me to try and express how much I love what I do Because it’s so impossible I walked round the castle and climbed the walls and stared at the views and wished and wished to be a software engineer And people who tell me I moved quickly Don’t understand how obsessively I wanted this Don’t understand how badly I wanted this I met a man in one of the galleries. I told him that I felt like I was throwing everything away. “I have two masters degrees. I’ve built a career in renewable energy.

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