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I’m a SWE at a Series A startup with predominantly inattentive ADHD. The need for me to jump around a bunch of things rather than just tunnel on the same area i

I’m a SWE at a Series A startup with predominantly inattentive ADHD. The need for me to jump around a bunch of things rather than just tunnel on the same area is a godsend. I struggle to really go deep or commit to long-running efforts, but if I can just jump into each thing for a few hours and constantly rotate things, I get an insane amount of work done. Most jobs would not afford me this, but I lucked into a great role that plays into it rather than fights it.

techcode 3y ago
Isn't that called proactive procrastination? Where you intentionally have more than 1 thing/project going on, so you can procrastinate on nr1 while you work on nr2 ...etc. And for going in deep and long - it really needs to be something personally interesting. Or someone else has a better was to get into hyperfocus flow/zone?