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My life was in shambles mainly because of ADHD. Once I found drugs that helped a bit I managed to start programming and it turned out I am very good at it. Even
by bluecalm 7y ago
My life was in shambles mainly because of ADHD. Once I found drugs that helped a bit I managed to start programming and it turned out I am very good at it. Even though it's still daily struggle to put even 2-3 hours of work it's enough to make mid 6 figures after taxes. I am very lucky to be that talented. I often feel I don't really deserve it as others work harder and will never find that much success.
If anyone of you is always told how intelligent you are but struggle in school and work I encourage you to get tested for various conditions. Diagnosis and meds can change your life even if it doesn't cure you.
- ashildr 7y agoThis. I’m over 40 and late diagnosed. You can only get so far with your smarts if ADHD is continuously stirring your brain.
- rexgallorum2 7y agoHey I'd be interested doing the same thing, similar problem here. Where should I start? If I started tutorials in one language now, what should it be?
- ashildr 7y agoJust pick one that does not need much research to get properly installed. It’s about learning the concepts, especially in the beginning. At uni they made us learn two programming languages that have no use in real wold jobs to teach us concepts, one was even a functional one. Python seems to be easy enough to begin with and useful enough with its libraries and frameworks to be the language for data scientists. That’s a good point to start at. As are ruby or java or JavaScript.
- jarfil 7y agoNowadays Python is a good start, but you can't really go wrong with any of the most popular ones like Javascript, Java, C/C++ or C#.