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> Judging from some self tests I have made I could perhaps have it myself but it hasn't affected my career in a negative way the slightest. If it hasn't affect

> Judging from some self tests I have made I could perhaps have it myself but it hasn't affected my career in a negative way the slightest. If it hasn't affected your career (or your personal life etc.) in a negative way in the slightest you simply don't have it—the last D in ADHD is essential.

adhd_thraway 5y ago
Unfortunately ADHD gets worse with age if untreated leading to a nasty numbers of mental issues such as depression, anxiety and substance abuse. And yet there are things that seems not problematic but then they are. Relationships might be a problem because it gets boring much faster and also some people exhibit all-or-nothing. It's either full obsession or absolute ignorance. Yet we all know that premature optimization is the root of all evil.
staticelf 5y ago
It's great that you can read a small comment and reach that conclusion. As I've mentioned to another person in the thread I had an ex that was convinced that I had it and that it had a negative effect on me, something I disagreed on though. It is my opinion that it hasn't affected me in a negative way since I am satisfied with my life and I have had other issues that have had a much greater negative affect on my life. I don't think you should chose a company or career based on a disease or a disorder. If you can live with it, which I think most can that have diagnosed ADHD, you could overcome whatever issues come up and still be successful. I'll even give one practical example, I am usually all over the place and in the tech field I've used that to read up and learn a lot of different languages, tools etc making my skillset in tech very broad which have helped me tremendously in my career. I have a hard time to stick with one programming language and is never satisfied with one thing and switch back and forth on everything. That is both a negative thing and a positive one. I have a (really) hard time sticking to one thing and seeing it through but with tools like todolists and communities like WIP it makes it just a bit easier even if I always have the urge to pick up something else and restarting everything.

adhd_thraway 5y ago

Unfortunately ADHD gets worse with age if untreated leading to a nasty numbers of mental issues such as depression, anxiety and substance abuse. And yet there are things that seems not problematic but then they are. Relationships might be a problem because it gets boring much faster and also some people exhibit all-or-nothing. It's either full obsession or absolute ignorance. Yet we all know that premature optimization is the root of all evil.

staticelf 5y ago

It's great that you can read a small comment and reach that conclusion. As I've mentioned to another person in the thread I had an ex that was convinced that I had it and that it had a negative effect on me, something I disagreed on though. It is my opinion that it hasn't affected me in a negative way since I am satisfied with my life and I have had other issues that have had a much greater negative affect on my life. I don't think you should chose a company or career based on a disease or a disorder. If you can live with it, which I think most can that have diagnosed ADHD, you could overcome whatever issues come up and still be successful. I'll even give one practical example, I am usually all over the place and in the tech field I've used that to read up and learn a lot of different languages, tools etc making my skillset in tech very broad which have helped me tremendously in my career. I have a hard time to stick with one programming language and is never satisfied with one thing and switch back and forth on everything. That is both a negative thing and a positive one. I have a (really) hard time sticking to one thing and seeing it through but with tools like todolists and communities like WIP it makes it just a bit easier even if I always have the urge to pick up something else and restarting everything.