• Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works
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    2 months ago

    Where are these high functioning ADHD people? The adhd person I know I’m my life can’t really get things done in a reliable way.

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      2 months ago

      Hello it’s me, high functioning non medicated adhd (or some form of) person.

      I do extremely well in my tech-centric job because of exactly what the post is talking about. I do fall short on longer term projects (forget about them until last minute) but most of my job is more in the moment, which works well for me and my skillset.

      Edit: I guess that’s ultimately the thing right, it’s possible for the work or job to fit with an ADHD mind, but many jobs do not.

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          2 months ago

          I can tell you that it’s it’s very difficult when operating within a stable, established framework.

          But working on a revamp / redevelopment of a system or solving novel problems definitely engages the gears.

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          I did alright for a while. Changing up clients worked when I started to get bored.

          It’s not going so great now. Considering a career change but also not wanting to throw away years of experience and a professional license. But yeah, I’m at “this is all bullshit and I don’t wanna”.

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            2 months ago

            Also work in finance and feel similarly, I oddly would feel really bad about leaving though, I have a wealth of intimate knowledge of how our systems work and answers for oddball questions no one else at my level at least would know, so… I feel guilty even wanting to leave. I know it’s not good but… Can’t help it lol

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      2 months ago

      Me. Am engineer. Make great money essentially being empowered to ask why the work people are doing exists. Not necessarily to automate it either. Lot of what I do these days is process simplification. Turns out having someone who thinks meanial tasks are bullshit is a fantastic skill in my field.

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      2 months ago

      It’s an interesting juxtaposition. I did politics and governance in Afghanistan and was extremely knowledgeable about it. But remembering to shave every morning was hard. I’d come back from lunch and my sergeant would be like, “great work, now when’s the last time you washed your coffee cup? Did you remember to empty your desk trash last night?”

      To be fair, I also have a TBI and nobody’s sure how much of this is TBI and how much is ADHD.