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I assume some fairly high percentage of FAANG developers are on some kind of lawfully obtained prescription stimulant.

• throw14082020 6y ago
  Prescription stimulant? What do you mean?
  • Synaesthesia 6y ago
    Like Ritalin or amphetamine in prescribed form, as ADHD medicine.
  • aaomidi 6y ago
    Adderall.
  • etxm 6y ago
    Probably Adderall or modafinil
    • gunshai 6y ago
      Good thing modafinil isn't a stimulant though
      • etxm 6y ago
        The interwebs seem to think they are > Modafinil, a novel stimulant which has several remarkable features... [1] > Modafinil is considered a stimulant doping agent [2] > Adderall and modafinil are central nervous system stimulant medications (psychostimulants). [3] - [1] https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/1675850/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/1675850/ - [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modafinil https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modafinil - [3] https://americanaddictioncenters.org/adderall/vs-modafinil https://americanaddictioncenters.org/adderall/vs-modafinil
• throw10123213 6y ago
  I've also heard legends about such stimulants but it would be quite surprising if this was a 'fairly high percentage'.
• Der_Einzige 6y ago
  Let's see - I knew guys who popped lots of xannies at my the bigcorp I used to work at. There's also a well known culture of microdosing among some at google. Also, many developers I know smoke weed. Stimulants I'd expect at a place like amazon. Not sure it's as coming in places with better wlb. They have coffee for that...
• wutbrodo 6y ago
  I'd be extremely surprised if the percentage was "fairly high", having worked in FAANG for half a decade.