A hacker known as Martha Root broke in and deleted three white supremacist websites at the end of a talk during the annual hacker conference Chaos Communication Congress in Germany.
I am a self taught SWE with self diagnosed ADHD (not a clinical diagnosis) currently working as a senior engineer. You have to have intense passion and learn how to live with ADHD. It’s totally doable.
I too wanted those skills, however, I have crippling ADHD. It’s not as easy for everyone
I am a self taught SWE with self diagnosed ADHD (not a clinical diagnosis) currently working as a senior engineer. You have to have intense passion and learn how to live with ADHD. It’s totally doable.
Just use your hyperfocus superpowers
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I wish it was easy to bottle. Some rare days I’m fucking on it and everything is easy and I’ve got unlimited willpower.
If i could save those days for when its useful and appropriate…
It’s still possible, just you need to figure out a prerequisite skill first of healthy management of other issues
Heck, a lot of hackers have exactly the same thing.
Honestly, I think STEM attracts ADHD, AuDHD and similar, so that’s far far far less of an issue than you might think