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It's a gift and a curse (sopuli.xyz)

submitted 3 months ago by late_night@sopuli.xyz to c/adhd@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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[-] kubica@fedia.io 71 points 3 months ago

And no particular goal, like a dog with the zoomies.

[-] Sasha 68 points 3 months ago

ADHD is basically the only reason I'm able to work in the area I do, I have absolutely no formal training in it other than what I taught myself while procrastinating.

[-] Sneptaur@pawb.social 62 points 3 months ago

Is it tech

I bet it’s tech isn’t it

[-] Sasha 55 points 3 months ago

Why did I even pretend I could get away without saying it -3-

[-] BarrelAgedBoredom@lemm.ee 17 points 3 months ago

I'm lowkey jealous of neurodiverhent people who obsessed over tech. My fixation is emergency medicine. Now I'm a jaded and traumatized EMT who can barely pay rent lol

[-] MelodiousFunk@slrpnk.net 13 points 3 months ago

I used to be obsessed with tech. Believe me, there's plenty to be jaded and traumatized about, though obviously in a much different category than what you went through.

[-] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 22 points 3 months ago

Actually, it's professional volleyball.

[-] PlexSheep@infosec.pub 10 points 3 months ago

That's cool. Volleyball is nice, just watched Japan vs Germany this morning

[-] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 12 points 3 months ago

True, volleyball is good. As long as you're not cheering for the Dutch beach volley team 😬

[-] PlexSheep@infosec.pub 4 points 3 months ago

Why are they controversial?

[-] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago

Because one of them is a convicted child rapist who only got one year in prison for raping a 12yo and the rest are defending him 🤬

[-] Sasha 5 points 3 months ago

If only... 🥲

[-] Sabata11792@ani.social 7 points 3 months ago

If I stop being addicted to computers, I will lose my house.

[-] Schorsch@feddit.org 18 points 3 months ago

What area do you work in?

[-] Sasha 17 points 3 months ago

I'm in a software development-ish role (slightly too specialised to say I actually develop software anymore)

[-] Schorsch@feddit.org 17 points 3 months ago

I often envy people working in IT. It feels like the perfect field for ADHD people. For me it feels like it's too late to change over. (I'm in my early 30s.) So I think it's gonna be best to just try to be happy with my current job. After all, wanting something else than what you currently have is very ADHDish...

[-] loudWaterEnjoyer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 27 points 3 months ago

Nah mate, you wouldn't believe how many early 30s and end 20s start their IT studies over here. If you like it and you're into it, you can still rock it. Think about how many years of work you have left and take 2-5 years off that it takes to switch ... I think its still worth it in the long run isn't it?

[-] MelodiousFunk@slrpnk.net 5 points 3 months ago

Think about how many years of work you have left

It's incredibly depressing.

[-] I_am_10_squirrels@beehaw.org 4 points 3 months ago

I started university when I was in my mid 30s and graduated as a chemical engineer, much better than working retail or something for another 20 years

[-] Schorsch@feddit.org 3 points 3 months ago

I don't know. I have a full time job and have to pay off a house for the next ~30 years. There's no room to follow other professions.

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[-] onehundred@lemm.ee 13 points 3 months ago

Trained an ex chef of 20 years who took bsc in CS in his early 40s. Gone on to start a great career in tech. It’s never too late fren

[-] loudWaterEnjoyer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 3 months ago

Can you tell more about it?

[-] Sasha 6 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I mostly do security and server maintenance to support a team of developers. It's kinda a bore tbh, too much paperwork

[-] elucubra@sopuli.xyz 41 points 3 months ago

I’m old. Before internet, I would read the encyclopedia for fun, and spend hours in the library.

[-] MelodiousFunk@slrpnk.net 7 points 3 months ago

Growing up in the 80s, we somehow had an encyclopedia set from the 60s. You bet your ass I was reading random (possibly outdated) crap all the time.

[-] And009@reddthat.com 4 points 3 months ago

We are still learning possibly outdated crap

[-] And009@reddthat.com 6 points 3 months ago

Atlas was my favorite book as a child

[-] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 36 points 3 months ago

I literally had to ban myself from TV Tropes for life.

Not gonna link it since I'm pretty sure that doing so in a community like this one counts as a war crime 😄

[-] anton2492@lemmy.nz 21 points 3 months ago

Oh god, TVTropes is like fucking crack cocaine for my brain, I'm like a wet sponge after those endless rabbitholes. I have had the most difficult time explaining to others what it's about, but I'm quite content for it to be my own little getaway.

[-] NobodyElse@sh.itjust.works 10 points 3 months ago

Dude, even mentioning it violates some international convention. There goes the rest of my day.

[-] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago

Sorry 😬

[-] MelodiousFunk@slrpnk.net 3 points 3 months ago

The only thing that saves me from that site is that some point in the past it became browser cancer. Not sure if it's gotten better but I don't intend on finding out.

[-] veganpizza69@lemmy.world 35 points 3 months ago

[-] Luccus@feddit.org 23 points 3 months ago

*except what you initially set out to do and actually need to do.

[-] Delphia@lemmy.world 29 points 3 months ago

This is why I'm such a good car nerd. Ive built dozens of high performance cars with tools, ive built THOUSANDS using google.

At the moment Im spreadsheet building a new drag car. Before I buy a single part I know if its going to go together the way I plan, what all the major parts are going to cost and what jobs Ill have to send out and what they will cost. The weights and measurements of most parts and what kind of end quarter mile results it will put me in the ballpark of.

[-] Danquebec@sh.itjust.works 9 points 3 months ago

I don't even care about cars but that's amazing.

[-] Delphia@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

The sad thing is that as cars get more complicated, google is getting thousands of times worse and old forums and photobucket accounts get deleted its becoming very hard to do these days.

Also its kind of horrifying how fast all the parts prices add up, nothing takes the shine off the terrible (awesome) idea you have like realising you will spend $20k and take 2 years to lose a race to a $10k used car.

[-] masterofn001@lemmy.ca 8 points 3 months ago

But, can you pivot a table?

[-] half_built_pyramids@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

I have a particular set of skills

[-] massive_bereavement@fedia.io 22 points 3 months ago

Nonsense. Here's the link to the Minoan Eruption: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minoan_eruption

[-] photonic_sorcerer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 3 months ago

Woah. Imagine your entire island explodes, causing the world to enter a volcanic winter.

[-] PrimeMinisterKeyes@lemmy.world 21 points 3 months ago

[-] TDCN@feddit.dk 14 points 3 months ago

... And also have the ability to skim internet content really really fast for all relevant information i need somehow without actually reading any of it.