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Re:Ask HN: What are the best jobs and roles for someone with... by greenyoda on Tuesday August 17, 2021 @07:54PM (#28216158)
It might help to know what work or education experience you currently have and what your interests are.

Also, here's an interesting discussion from 2019 about being a software developer with ADHD: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21716306

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Re:Ask HN: What are the best jobs and roles for someone with... by certeoun on Wednesday August 18, 2021 @07:57AM (#28219989)
The key takeaway for me from that thread was gtirloni's comment:

> I need very clearly defined units of work to work efficiently

> This 1000x. I try to keep a pool of those kind of tasks when I can't concentrate on my main task so I still feel like I'm making some progress. It's helped a lot.

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