Ask HN: As a European, what should I expect working for an American company?

Re:Ask HN: As a European, what should I expect working for a... by watwut on Saturday October 09, 2021 @02:43AM (#28807612)

> From the New York Times: "In the 1990s, an estimated 3 to 5 percent of school-age American children were believed to have A.D.H.D., according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; by 2013, that figure was 11 percent."

That is not addreal statistic, but adhd in kids statistic.

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Re:Ask HN: As a European, what should I expect working for a... by lilsoso on Saturday October 09, 2021 @03:40AM (#28807829)

The statistic from the NYT is estimated and you're missing the overall point.

What % of children are admitted to Stanford? A sliver. What % of Stanford undergraduates make it to a "big law" firm? A small percentage.

The speculative point is that US men from UMC households who were admitted to elite schools and who subsequently went on to competitive jobs have higher Adderall abuse rates than you might expect. No, you can't find statistics on it. And to make the matter more difficult, they'll lie to your face about the subject.

This conjecture isn't even controversial, this notion is echoed throughout the broader culture. For example, see the following article from the New Yorker -- a magazine that caters to the families of these types: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2009/04/27/brain-gain . The article begins with the sentence, "A young man I’ll call Alex recently graduated from Harvard."

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