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Whenever I look up the definition of ADHD, I can't find myself in it. But I share one thing: Disability to focus on things I don't care about. That is, sadly, almost everything, including coding. At some point, sheer necessity and time pressure together start to cause me so much mental pain, that I'm able to push through regardless.

Now, with all that said. Sometimes, I actually can focus on coding. Maybe even enjoy doing so. But that'll never be enough to catch up with people who genuinely like doing that all day, every day.

How do ADHD people deal with this? Knowing that you never will be consistently good at your job?



I don't know. There are a lot of frustrations associated with it, and that's sometimes one of them.




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