Cyber Geek Girl is a blogger and writer who has been through many challenges in life, but is still here to tell the tale!
She loves technology, gadgets, cyber security, writing, heavy metal music, writing and her GSD/Husky cross dog. This blog is a window to her world.and she can be contacted via hello@cybergeekgirl.co.uk
Gregg Wallace – Autism Is NOT An Excuse For Your Abhorrent Behaviour
I don't normally comment on things like this, but I am SO outraged at Gregg Wallace I feel compelled to say something 😡 😡 Gregg has taken absolutely ZERO accountability whatsoever for his behaviour. He has blamed everyone and everything but himself. First it was...
Heat Sensitivity as Someone Who is Neurodivergent: My Lived Experience
While I have been trying to see the funny side and have shared memes about the horrid hot weather we’ve had in the UK over the last week, there is a very serious side to it for those of us who are #ActuallyAutistic. As mentioned in this article “Heat Sensitivity...
The Shift From Colleague to Manager: What No One Tells You
Moving into a management role from within your team feels straightforward at first. You already know the people. You understand the work. You’ve been around long enough to feel confident. Then reality sets in. The change isn’t about gaining a title. It’s about...
A Career Highlight – This Is Your Life With Chris Tarrant
The Tube of joy strikes again! I’ve found an upload of Chris Tarrant’s “This Is Your Life” from 1997 on YouTube, this takes me right back Before I transitioned into cyber security in 2009 I spent many years working with Chris Tarrant of “Who Wants to be a Millionaire”...
Breaking The Silence: I Am An #EmptyArmedMother
As well as October being Cyber Security Awareness month, which is a huge deal in my work industry, it is also Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness month. I am sharing this picture of myself holding my much loved and much wanted son Francesco “Frankie” Enrico Ventura....
Fortune Favours The Bold: How The Film “Bohemian Rhapsody” Changed My Life
In October 2018 today I saw the film “Bohemian Rhapsody” at the cinema for the first time and at the risk of sounding cliched it changed my life. I’m sure many of you know how much of a fan I am of Queen and especially Freddie Mercury; I was inconsolable when he died...
A Picture Paints a Thousand Words: Do I Look Neurodivergent?
Since I was diagnosed with autism in 2018 and subsequently ADHD, dyspraxia and dyscalculia in 2023 I’ve received a myriad of different responses and comments to sharing my diagnoses. For the most part they have been nothing but positive and supportive, which has been...
10 Ways to Work With Me as Someone Who is #OpenlyNeurodivergent
As someone who is #OpenlyNeurodivergent, I know I don’t cope or thrive well in an office environment. If the office is open plan, noisy and is decorated with lot of patterns, colours and furniture this makes things even worse for me because it is too much of a sensory...
The challenge of an office for someone who is #OpenlyNeurodivergent
The one area of my life where I got so good at masking what I was really feeling as someone who is #OpenlyNeurodivergent was at work. Today I work from home in cyber security and I couldn’t be happier. I am fascinated with anything to do with hacking, and I have my...
How I Manage Imposter Syndrome as Someone who is #OpenlyNeurodivergent
In my last article I talked about impostor syndrome and how all my life I have struggled with this and feeling like I am a fraud who will be exposed at any moment for not being good enough. In this article I will share a few things that I’ve done to help me manage it...
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