As some with ADHD, my interest fluantuats wildly. How does an average person choose a job thats suppose to be for life and not worry about loss of interest, let alone some with ADHD.

  • NABDad@lemmy.world
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    5 days ago

    I guess I kind of got lucky.

    I always liked computers, and I like solving problems. Got hired as a database administrator for a small research center in a large university.

    I’ve changed jobs a couple times over the years (decades, actually). As it turns out, computer nerds who like to solve problems are valuable, and I’ve been generally left alone to solve problems ever since.

    Current leadership team doesn’t want to solve problems or work more efficiently now because if you depend on one person to make the team more efficient, and that one person leaves, you’ll have to hire someone to replace him.

    So instead, you just hire 10 people for the same pay to do the extra work they have to do when you don’t have someone making everything easier.

    Oh well.