I've been coding with ADHD for over twenty years. It's a lot of hard work. Learning has to be hands on and repetitive. When we are stimulated the learning is a lot easier. One advantage I've noticed in myself is that people with ADHD can pull from applied knowledge a lot easier from things that are barely connected.
@PaulMucci
3 ай бұрын
I should have watched the video before commenting. You guys talk about all of this. I got excited over the topic. 😊
@DonTheDeveloper
3 ай бұрын
"people with ADHD can pull from applied knowledge a lot easier from things that are barely connected" This is really useful!
@Cognitoman
2 ай бұрын
Holy shit dude you’re right… anytime I’m thinking about something that is new to me I always make up metaphors for what I’m learning and say it out load
@Cognitoman
2 ай бұрын
Holy shit dude you’re right… anytime I’m thinking about something that is new to me I always make up metaphors for what I’m learning and say it out loud
@PaulMucci
2 ай бұрын
@@Cognitoman I grew up in a time when ADHD was just a learning disability. I own a renovation company and my passion is game programming. I've been writing software for as long as I've been working on homes. To me I find similarities between the two even if there isn't any logical crossover. It's how I form the connection. I am fluent in 8 or so languages and have noticed it is easier to pay attention to the similarities instead of the differences. The similarities will cover more than 60% of what you need to know. With LLMs today we can use it to reference the differences until repetition takes over and the connection is made. I've learned more while making games than I ever did in school.
@trentirvin2008
Ай бұрын
I have adhd myself and im an aspiring developer. Been at it for 2 years. I do wato put this out there for others: getting medicated was like strapping a jet engine to the car i was in. My ability to sit down and really dig into the fundamentals and find those small wins is without exaggeration 1000x what it was before. I can sit down and code for significantly longer than people i have been collaborating with for the past 8 months that do not have ADHD. It’s absolutely changed my life
@RandallLowetx
25 күн бұрын
This. It gives me hope.
@Sragas
3 ай бұрын
Very interesting topic! Been binging your vids lately, super helpful. Thanks for taking the time to put these out!
@DonTheDeveloper
3 ай бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it!
@RandallLowetx
25 күн бұрын
The issue you raise, Don, at about the 26:30 about grit and resilience through the frustration isn't really the issue with ADHD developers, at least I can speak for mysef. The "grit" isn't the actual challenge. Tackling a multi-day problems isn't challenging. It's tackling multi-day monotony. I can problem solve for hours on end and not realize any time has passed. Listening to someone talk for five minutes about something I figured out in the first 30 seconds, though, is impossible. I speak on this from doing web dev on my personal projects, and working through bug after bug until suddenly its 2 AM. That said, reading a white paper about a new solution or new library is overwhelmingly dull and I will do anything but that until I literally run out of other tasks to do. This is the only way my home office gets clean. :)
@karikaru
3 күн бұрын
Im unmedicated, i find neutral music (like ambient, chillstep, instrumental) to be pretty useful to increase the stimulation my mind is receiving at ant one moment
@manuelreyes5113
Ай бұрын
I think I have that. I've been in the programming industry for 1 year and 4 months. I feel stuck because of distraction and the structure you guys mentioned. I need help with this. Any suggestions. I love programming.
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