The only way I’ve ever learned anything is by having a real-world problem that I can solve.

Same thing here except I'm still not a developer. Just from time to time can do something if it's less boring than going another way.

I've even played through the "Turing Complete" game once, because I can't force myself to repeat it. And it was very interesting, absolutely cool, except that gun has fired. It appears the game changed enough though, maybe it's a sufficiently different gun to fire again. It's a game for entertainment, not even talking about real life.

And when there's a direct incentive, nothing is hard, for real. The hardship is in eyes tiring, time passing, time to render (in case of POV-Ray), migraines. But the task itself just takes it all as a payment, not as an effort.

And I sincerely don't get why my diagnoses are ASD and BAD despite describing this many times, that is, that happens with ASD too, but honestly ADHD seems the most intuitive abbreviation here.