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Great article. Glad xe's figured out a role that works well for xerself. I struggle with this. I manage at least the expected baseline (for my skill level, aver
by citruscomputing 4y ago
Great article. Glad xe's figured out a role that works well for xerself. I struggle with this. I manage at least the expected baseline (for my skill level, averaged over time), but sometimes simple tasks feel like molasses because my brain decided it's not what it wants to work on. This is so immensely frustrating, and the self-recrimination keeps me there. (To an astonishing degree, programming requires emotional skills. I did not realize this until the past few years.)
Sometimes everything clicks and it's fantastic, I get a week's worth of work done in a day. I don't have control over it, and it's terrifying because when I'm in a slump I have no idea when I'll get back out again. But it better be soon, or people are going to start asking questions!
Trying to reconcile ADHD with the expected mode of production feels futile. Cool to see there are jobs that align better. Gonna think about what this means for my future.
- RangerScience 4y ago:wave: I recognize your internal experience! I resisted ADD meds for a long time, but now I'm taking them and it's great. Current favorite way to describe it wold be that it turns all those simple tasks into cantrips, so they don't take any spoons.
- xwolfi 4y agoWhy the xe? Why not use neutral they, polite she or dominant he ? Is xe representing more than "they"?
- selectodude 4y ago...the author's name is literally Xe.
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- sp332 4y agoI didn't see it anywhere else, but https://github.com/Xe https://github.com/Xe does request: "Please call me (order of preference): Xe/xer, They/them or She/her please."
- groby_b 4y agoBecause that's their name, in the first place. In the second place, why not? Does it cost you anything to acquiesce to a person wishing to be addressed a specific way? (Also, speaking as a woman, fuck the "polite she" idea.)
- xena 4y agoBecause https://xeiaso.net/pronouns https://xeiaso.net/pronouns