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Interesting. I had always though that Adderall might at a cost, I did not think it would be burnout. Was more curious how that would affect your sense of judgem

Interesting. I had always though that Adderall might at a cost, I did not think it would be burnout. Was more curious how that would affect your sense of judgement etc. I am not primarily a coding person, and it always seemed more important to me to have well thought out ideas than how many lines I can write in an hour. So an environment where Adderall use is rampant, what does that even look like?

edgyquant 3y ago
Most code is boilerplate and adderall makes churning that out a breeze. It also allows you to quickly redo large amounts of code etc. I went through this myself at a former place and I moved so fast that I was managements favorite person- even though looking back a lot of the design decisions were short sighted. I eventually got better, so I have no idea how long a person can last before failing completely but it’s at least a year or two.
- juujian 3y ago
  Thanks for the insight, that's really interesting, not just because it feeds into my bias. Those short-sighted design decisions are what I was vaguely thinking of, It is what often happens to me when I knock out a lot of work in a short period of time.
jazzyjackson 3y ago
I don't think it affects sense of judgement, it just allows you to stay on task and grind where you might otherwise give up / spin your wheels. The downside I see in the people around me is that the drug makes you feel physically fine even without proper eating or sleep, as long as you keep doing the drug. But of course eventually it catches up with you and I see people getting increasingly unreasonable, but its from not sleeping, not from the drug itself.
- penjelly 3y ago
  amphetamines definitely affect both impulse control and judgement
- Danjoe4 3y ago
  You're mostly correct. The detrimental effects come primarily from not sleeping but the problem is that the drug radically decreases your sleep quality and makes it more difficult to fall asleep
farnsworth 3y ago
Some people do it so that you can do a reasonable amount of work in 8 hours then sign out and enjoy their lives
lazide 3y ago
Adderall doesn’t cause burnout, that happens just fine on its own. Shitty environments and lack of reasonable workloads cause burnout. Adderall can help someone keep going in a shitty environment with an unreasonable workload longer than they otherwise would though. It can also help them escape successfully when they’d otherwise be unable.

edgyquant 3y ago

Most code is boilerplate and adderall makes churning that out a breeze. It also allows you to quickly redo large amounts of code etc. I went through this myself at a former place and I moved so fast that I was managements favorite person- even though looking back a lot of the design decisions were short sighted. I eventually got better, so I have no idea how long a person can last before failing completely but it’s at least a year or two.

juujian 3y ago
Thanks for the insight, that's really interesting, not just because it feeds into my bias. Those short-sighted design decisions are what I was vaguely thinking of, It is what often happens to me when I knock out a lot of work in a short period of time.

jazzyjackson 3y ago

I don't think it affects sense of judgement, it just allows you to stay on task and grind where you might otherwise give up / spin your wheels. The downside I see in the people around me is that the drug makes you feel physically fine even without proper eating or sleep, as long as you keep doing the drug. But of course eventually it catches up with you and I see people getting increasingly unreasonable, but its from not sleeping, not from the drug itself.

penjelly 3y ago
amphetamines definitely affect both impulse control and judgement
Danjoe4 3y ago
You're mostly correct. The detrimental effects come primarily from not sleeping but the problem is that the drug radically decreases your sleep quality and makes it more difficult to fall asleep

farnsworth 3y ago

Some people do it so that you can do a reasonable amount of work in 8 hours then sign out and enjoy their lives

lazide 3y ago

Adderall doesn’t cause burnout, that happens just fine on its own. Shitty environments and lack of reasonable workloads cause burnout. Adderall can help someone keep going in a shitty environment with an unreasonable workload longer than they otherwise would though. It can also help them escape successfully when they’d otherwise be unable.