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A casual community for people with ADHD

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Discussing other neurological problems like autism, anxiety, ptsd, and brain injury are allowed.
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Questions on confusing situations.
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What's your job? (self.adhd)

submitted 3 months ago by TehBamski to c/adhd

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I'm asking out of curiosity mostly.

Is anyone here into digital marketing? That's what I'm studying for right now.

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[–] pHr34kY 21 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Software engineer. I swear half of us are on the spectrum.

[–] jedibob5 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Same. And, to be fair, it's a fairly well-paying field that requires some amount of specialized knowledge, but many applications of that knowledge are usually pretty easy to find with a bit of Google know-how, and use of Google as a resource is not only acceptable, but expected. I feel like that meshes relatively well with how ADHD brains work.

[–] TehBamski 4 points 3 months ago

I used to do a bit of Help Desk in IT, and one of the "open" secrets of that field (and later I learned that it's for all tech fields,) was that a lot of the job was knowing how to find the solution online. Next, was how the heck you install/apply it.

[–] TehBamski 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Nice. What software do you specialize in?

[–] pHr34kY 1 points 3 months ago

Financial / Superannuation (or "401K" as the Americans call it).