old, but still funny. i think..
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I'm the old bald guy. My self-imposed restriction is not taking ADHD meds.
how do you do it?
yall get the chance to take adhd meds? what a paradise
Hey, they make us function a bit more like an allistic person would expect anybody to function
I know, I probably have ADHD, just that I don't have access to the meds
caffeine works wonders
The coding? In little bite-sized pieces. I follow the Unix philosophy of "make each program do one thing well". It's much less daunting to build it one piece at a time.
I'm fortunate to have an employer who understands that the architectural work is done while I appear to be walking around doing nothing.
I wish more people understood that neurodivergent people work differently, and if you let them they can become "superstars"
Finally, someone who understands.
Oh I remember years ago my project manager worried I was not at my desk typing and I had to explain to him that my brain was constantly thinking about the code. Even while on breaks, even at night, 24/7 essentially. It took time to convince him but thankfully my senior knew I wasnt bullshit ting because he was seeing my code. I did burn out after two years, obviously.
Been there, done that, and colleagues usually complain in the PRs that those one liners don't need to be separate functions and are perfectly fine when used inline.