I don't know when it began. Maybe it was the first time I saw him alone in his workshop, surrounded by screens and prototypes. When he kept trying again after every failure. Or maybe it was when I saw how technology worked in his service.
What fascinates me most about him is that he was always in a state of growth. He didn't wait until he was ready. He created. Tony Stark...
When the first version of a project didn't work, he built a second one. The second one overheated? He built a third. Something exploded? He analyzed it. He went back to the drawing board and made improvements. Every failure was input data for the next version of the project.
IT works exactly the same way. The first dashboard is rarely perfect. The first data model is almost never optimal. And the first automation usually has more workarounds than elegance. If you're waiting for perfection, you won't build anything.
There's something else about him that I admire. He lives in symbiosis with technology as a creator. I learned from him not to ask, "Can this be done?" but rather, "How can this be done faster?" or "How can this be done more intelligently?" His engineering mindset is beautiful.
I try to bring that admiration into my own work. When I work with data, I first ask myself what I'm trying to achieve. Only then do I look for a way to do it. Even if I don't yet know how, I ask artificial intelligence. Not mindlessly... I treat it as an extension of my mind and creativity. I test what it suggests, learning something new in the process. I check what happens if I change a single element. The only limitation is my own mind. I decide where the ceiling of my skills and knowledge will be.
There's also something difficult about surrounding yourself with technology, especially if you forget how to talk to people who aren't technical. You can be surrounded by technology... and feel lonely within it.
You can get excited about optimizing a query or creating an automation that does so much... and have no one around you who understands why it's so satisfying.
Tony talked to J.A.R.V.I.S., an artificial intelligence. Sometimes I talk to AI too. Although I know that all it takes is deleting its memory, and it won't remember me. It can't replace a human being.
And maybe that's why his character moves me so much. A genius surrounded by technology. Alone with the power of his mind. And yet still curious about "what if."
He is also someone who doesn't identify himself with a mistake. If something doesn't work, it means the system needs improvement, not that he himself is inadequate. In the technology industry, it's very easy to confuse a tool with your identity. If a project didn't work out, it doesn't mean you're not good enough. If a recruiter didn't reply, it doesn't mean you lack competence. That was version 1. Build version 2.
I fell in love with two men.
The second one flies. And he taught me to build despite my doubts. And maybe that's why technology fascinates me so much. Maybe that's why I want to see how high I can fly.
And you?
Are you waiting until you're ready... or are you building your first suit already?
Based on real life
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Masa projektów, exceli, dashboardow, ostatnio nawet automatyzacji przerabiana przeze mnie wiele razyz poziomu super dobry na jeszcze lepszy o choćby o 1%, a później zafascynowanie jak to sie stało że wpadłem tak we flow ze kilka godzin zniknęło na dopieszczaniu jednego excela i lekki smutek ze nie bardzo bliscy podzielają ta fascynacje. Bardzo utożsamiam sie z tym tekstem, ale jednak wole spać niż zarywać nockę. Pisz dalej Olga, jesteś naprawdę fajną iskierką w tym świecie technologii
Dziękuję! 😊 Bardzo poruszył mnie Twój komentarz, a szczególnie te ostatnie słowa o „iskierce”. Pisząc ten tekst, miałam nadzieję, że ktoś odnajdzie w nim nie tylko technologię, ale też emocje, które za nią stoją. Cieszę się, że odebrałeś go właśnie w ten sposób. I dziękuję za przypomnienie, że czasem nawet jedna życzliwa wiadomość potrafi dodać skrzydeł. 💚