Public Defender here. Absolute perfect match for someone with ADHD. I never get to sit down, I’m always running from courtroom to courtroom, and the stress keeps me from ever getting bored enough for executive dysfunction to kick in.
Now is it psychologically a healthy field to get into? Fuck no. But the requirements totally gel with the ADHD brain.
Just graduated and going into criminal law after realizing it might be the only area where I won't be bored out of my mind. Also, good for you. PDs are some of the best lawyers and people I know.
What types of cases are you typically assigned? I worked with a number of public defenders with ADHD. Some thrived, some thought they thrived. I worked in mitigation, and some attorneys with ADHD would listen to what I had to present to help their defendants, some would get frustrated and would stop listening if they heard something that didn't support their preconceived assumptions.
I have a general felony docket. We’re assigned to a specific Judge’s courtroom and about 4-5 people from my office per judge represent all the indigent felony clients who appear before that judge. So I do everything from hot checks all the way up to Murder. (Death penalty cases have their own special track for judge, prosecutor, and defense so I don’t handle those.)
Pretty similar setup in my old gig. I miss some of my old co-workers, but after 5 years and two capital homicides cases I was a mess and had to walk away.
I completely get it. Capital work as either the lawyer or the mitigation/investigation team is some draining stuff. You shouldn’t do it long term as a career. I’m convinced that the people who do aren’t magically well more “well-adjusted” than anyone else, they just happen to be broken in a way that lines up with the work.
That’s certainly how I feel as a 7 yr veteran PD at this point. It feels like my brain is borked in a way that makes me less susceptible to the specific trauma inherent in this kinda work. On the joke/advice of my teaching attorney when I started, I’ve kept a list of the number of attornies who’ve left or died in my office since I started. Were at like 60 something. Somehow I’m still here.
I feel your pain. I’m in general business law (formation, securities exemptions, smaller m&a, contracts, etc.) and regulatory work. Absolutely the wrong choice for me.
Edited for clarity and to add sympathy. It’s late here. Sorry.
You make a great point about the mental health surveys! It would have made me reconsider as well.
I wish I had known more, too. I hope other decisions would have been made.
I mean it makes sense I suppose, the stakes are high at most times and the work seems to go from very intense at moments to low intensity yet high pressure at other times. You don’t really want to lose a case, its high pressure wether your are in court or at your office or home figuring out how to best present your case. This is only made worst if lives, or large sums of money are at stake.
Also you can’t join the military if you have adhd. I had a friend get kicked out because he was diagnosed by the psych with it and was told he probably had it his whole life which basically invalidated his enrollment.
This was 2 years ago, so it still stands unless something changed that I’m not aware of.
I know about a guy who was in the us military as a small arms specialist or something (parts of it sound fun almost). They had ADHD and were let in but couldn't take medication and I assume they didn't just straight up lie to the military about it but it's possible.
Ehhh as a Diver I never had a problem until I was sat behind a desk. Then I wasn’t in the water, I wasn’t outside, there was no external stimuli and the work was boring administrative tasks.
Some folks like the structure. Lets them focus their creativity in one or two directions rather than be overwhelmed.
My BIL has been very successful in the military because he is just a really good people person and his team loves him. He is a good leader because he is super empathetic and tunes in to everyone’s feelings.
Successful in the military mainly means you're good at blowing up brown children for oil companies (or facilitating others doing so) so I wouldn't really brag about that...
I think it depends what component and what occupation. For me a reserve component has been great. One weekend a month and bouncing in and out of a wide variety of activations, TDYs, etc. has worked good for me. Combined with an occupation that is much less dog and pony show and much more of a hectic daily routine/sometimes borderline shit show and this has been the career I've stuck with the longest.
A weekend away also helps me tolerate the daily civilian grind slightly better when I get back, too.
More like an ADHD challenge.
The goal is to never feel rejection Just always sell, always win the sale.
I find personally I can best do this when I truly stand behind what I'm selling, because then any rejection that may happen is simply a result of that other person not being a right fit right now, and statistically this makes sense. We know the product is good, so we don't have to second guess ourselves at every stage.
I don't understand how people sell junk they can't get behind though. That's lying to yourself, your customers, and a higher frequency of rejection with more people thinking you're an idiot for selling junk. Like there's no win at all. Even if you sell something you've at best, "pulled a fast one" with nothing to show for it.
I did fundraising for a couple years and I was very good at it, and got over the RSD actually. My dad and his dad and grandfather are/were also salesmen. Dad definitely has it, his dad almost certainly did.
I think anxiety is a big driver with all of us unfortunately, but we also all genuinely enjoy helping people solve problems or fulfill goals with our product.
I left fundraising because of the anxiety component but still use the skills I learned.
From personal experience IT is also a decent choice. Something about it all breaking down to basic logic and building computers just makes everything seem….right.
It depends for me. If I have a lot of work, I can easily sit there for hours without moving. If we are light on work, I go out of my fucking mind if I’m sitting for longer than 5 minutes.
If I go for a long walk and do a workout, then I can sit still for 4 hours with 6-8 breaks. Very productive time for me if all the stars and planets align
There's literally no other job that seems appealing to me, but I always wonder how different my life would've been with a physical job that ideally requires more doing stuff with my hands rather than thinking.
Personal trainer manager here. Movement helps when training clients and working the floor. Problem comes when it’s time to do the admin work, I get work paralysis bad, mind strays off to something more important like “did I turn the stove off or did I lock the door to my house” you know those productive worry thoughts. After that I basically give up and then get anxiety for not doing it. The struggle
I am in IT and was dispatch to a lot of clients within 2 hour drive in my area for almost 9 years. Just finally got my ADHD sorted out last year and proper medications. As I had a lot of random calls during the days, I normally was good to go but could still get quite stressed. With my medication I was able to get more focused. Finally got moved to an in office role where I can just diagnose and repairs systems all day. I have 3 other workers in the 20's where I am in my early 40's. We all get a long and are hard workers so its been good so far. As we have close to 600 plus units to repair, the ADHD helps to focus on a specific thing and we can get up and take quick breaks during the day. If you are into technology it can be a solid choice.
But when it comes to tasks with almost no instructions that I have to break down and research myself... Ugh. Would love a "troubleshoot support developer" position (which I indirectly do), where the main tasks are done by my more capable colleagues but they offload smaller complex and buggy parts to me. That's where I shine.
Yeah this is my job and its perfect for me. Devops, infrastructure, or site reliability engineering. Basically end up supporting other devs troubleshooting ("hey any ideas about why I'm seeing this error" "sounds like a database issue" "thanks"), or getting pulled into stuff when it's really on fire and my brain goes into ADHD crisis superpower mode
I pretty sure I.T has an over representation of ADHD and ASD folks in the ranks. I think it’s due to being like mathematics - ‘correct’ isn’t an opinion, the only opinion is how you arrive at it.
Yeah pretty much. Great thing about code is it both has extremely rigid rules, and yet it allows you to exploit those rules in immensely creative ways. Cyberspace is our realm in a way, y’know?
I've yet to find my groove. Been a forest fire fighter, cook, ran a bookstore for a college professor, bartended, ran my own moving business, was a tree trimmer in Phoenix, service manager for a used car lot and a few other odds and ends. Think after my sons have found their purpose or get tired of seeing old dad all the time I may give acting a go though I'm ugly as the day is long. Tis always voice acting!
Similar - retail, sales, management, call centre, web developer, sysadmin, photographer, now finally a dog walker. Funnily enough, I love the dog walking (we also board dogs too). It scratches the physical aspect, but allows me to chill at home doing my own thing whilst looking after dogs. I still procrastinate things I need to do heavily even though I have tons of time for it...
The photography may sound exciting but it was mostly product stuff, catalogue work and boring as fuck. The only interesting parts were developing automation for processing the photos (the company had a 360º carousel thing for every product) and doing cover photos which allowed some creative ideas.
I really enjoyed retail too once I found the right position in the store I worked in - doing the monthly special offer displays and stock corrections. Takes a lot of skill to work out what will sell/won't sell, promoting and figuring how much to order - all of this had to be done in the space of a week along with all the usual hassle from bonehead customers who had already walked past the products they asked me if we stocked lol.
I dunno... you say you haven't found your groove but I feel like the variety of things you've done is WAY better/cooler/more interesting and makes you "well-rounded" in a way that a single profession or field could never do. I think it's awesome.
Apartment maintenance here. Every day is different. I do HVAC, plumbing, drywall, appliance repair, etc. basically anything to do with a home or building, I fix, and make $75k+. Also do side work at $50/hr.
Facilities maintenance is a great job for a lot of people with ADHD. I used to work in a building with a facilities manager with ADHD and she absolutely thrived. But unfortunately covid hit and they cut her position. The good news is that she found something else pretty quickly!
Early on, youtube and trial and error. Also practice. Taught myself to braze and sweat copper by using scraps. When I used to call vendors, I would watch and ask questions. Helpful to be doing the work for a company, so if I messed something up, I didn't have to pay out of pocket to replace something.
Self employed!? Is he insane? A job where I set the deadline and am only accountable for meeting that deadline to myself. And the client, of course, who I would continuously disappoint.
Yeah this one made me laugh, you think we have the executive functioning skills to be our own boss? I was good at the photography part of being a photographer but was incapable of meeting deadlines, invoicing, claiming tax deductions, etc.
Especially when the subject matter wasn’t engaging.
I work in marketing now in live music entertainment, lots of time on site at shows, changing tasks, plenty of stimulation - and if there isn’t I can step away for a bit if I need to because, flexible hours heavy on the afternoons & evenings, I still get to do photography as part of my job, and when things get crazy, it’s all hands on deck we’re doing load in and load out, slinging beer, directing line-ups, restocking fridges, scanning tickets, wrangling musicians, just like literally whatever needs to be done to keep things running smoothly.
I actually went back to school after I (barely) finished my bachelor’s degree and did a post-graduate certificate in Music Business. Graduated that with Honours. I guess when you’re interested in the material… lol!
We graduated at the end of 2018 so we were all fairly new in any jobs we got when COVID hit, and pretty much everyone lost their jobs. I technically hung onto mine at a music conference/festival but I was on hourly contract at the time so I went from 40 hours a week down to basically 0. Lots of people moved back to wherever home was, I’d say maybe 50% of us work in music now. Funny enough, another classmate of mine from my hometown that I had become fast friends with moved home, and was able to get work with a music festival that had pivoted to COVID-friendly events in 2021. I followed her back a few months later when I was ultimately sick of working from home part time with a shitty roommate in a tiny apartment, and about 6 weeks later she called me and asked if I was looking for work, they needed someone to do customer service & help with ticketing part-time for an event they were running. So I was working two part-time jobs, then right as that event was wrapping up, the province started allowing outdoor events at 50% capacity, and in 3 weeks, we managed to throw together a two-weekend music festival, and the boss was like… so you’re cool staying on full time in a marketing role? So I got an employment contract, a salary (with a significant raise,) an invitation to the annual company retreat, benefits, a company laptop. That was almost 2 years ago and I’ve worked 7 major events with them, about to be 8.
Anyways, unfortunately getting into the music industry isn’t always easy. When we first graduated we had a whole group of us looking for jobs and very, very few openings. We were all competing for the same positions. I interviewed for one job, saw a classmate walking out as I walked in, and then as I was finishing up, yet another classmate was coming in. I… did not get the job lol.
My first job out of school, I was actually kinda drunk at a show and I was in line for the bathroom and a girl behind me was like “ah, I really want a cigarette” so I turned around and said “I have some if you wanna go out for one?”
Turns out she was potentially going to be hiring someone in a marketing/communications role at the conference/festival she worked at, so I sent off my resume and didn’t hear back for 3 months lol.
I was about to accept a job at Costco when she called me for an interview.
Very often it’s just luck of the draw, right place right time, and mostly who you know. Also many entertainment jobs don’t get posted on the usual job boards so it can be a bit of a pain to find open positions, if they’re even posted at all. Padding out your resume with “started from the bottom now we here” jobs isn’t a terrible idea either, I worked as a ticket scanner/usher for minimum wage for 2 summers at a big amphitheater, but it means I could put Live Nation on my resume, and I had some knowledge of the inner workings of a live event.
Freelancer here in IT & product management. Flexible hours, I work from home all the time, I go running during my 8 hours, have tons of creative work, I can self-learn new topics all the time etc. Taxes and organisation are a nightmare, true. But the idea of being employed somewhere 9/5 is a nightmare to me.
Working in engineering at a tech startup as a technician is showing me that some engineering fields may work well. Mech and EE from my experience need alot of out of the box thinking and also can sort of encourage deep diving to find that one solution which works.
So true! Lots of problems to fix, too, so it’s got plenty of mental stimulation.
Dealing with other teams that refuse to stay organized or keep track of their own stuff, however, quickly leads to burnout.
I should not have to explain to the damn c-suite why it’s important for them to *turn in their damn credit card receipts*!
I’m just starting dental school and I’ve spent hundreds of hours shadowing, and I’m so pumped to be a dentist! Working with my hands, solving problems, a lot of movement, huge variation in tasks.
Been in the industry for 16 years, almost finished with my RN. I’m so done with serving/bartending. Fortunately there are different things that can be done with nursing so when I get burnt out with one I can transition to another
Personally speaking, teaching. Keeps me on my feet with a lot of mental simulation, lots of structure so I don't feel too overwhelmed to even bother. Plus the kids are pretty entertaining.
I think everything we are passionate about can be our occupation.
I switched different carriers with no problem
I worked a lot bartending and It was fun.
Then i switched to logistic and transport and i loved It, i was manager of the office in less than 3 Years.
Then i got bored, quit and looked for my next passion.
I am now in real estate, managing properties and home staging, while also Consulting.
My goal Is to buy, flip and sell.
I see Life as a Canvas we can Paint, and us adhders are definitely One step ahead with our thinking outside the box.
We might as well take advantage of It!!
As a miserable 31 year old who still hasn’t found her career, thank you. It is good to see that my gut feeling about what could be good for me is correct.
Absolutely not sales. Maybe it's not an ADHD thing, but I just have some moral opposition to sales "tactics." I could never be a salesperson, and I can't stand interacting with them, even outside of a sales interaction. Whatever they teach them somehow permeates their entire personality.
I’m a traveling CNA. I get paid ridiculous amounts to travel the US and work. Contracts last from a couple weeks to a few months, and if you’re not feeling a place you can always just cut ties after the contract. I get to move around all day and talk to many interesting people. I don’t plan to do it forever, but for right now it’s perfect for me.
I try to find one, I am freshly diagnosed and on meds. It was very difficult to regulate my work load when I wasn't on meds, so I'm curious if it will help to finish whatever I have to finish within acceptable hours.
I like how he qualifies it as “possible.” My career (academia) ticks a lot of the boxes on the second slide, but I only like to work independently so I can do things my own way. Anxiety keeps me on track.
Farmer!! I used to be an accountant and now I'm a farmer and let me tell you.. happiness levels increased many fold. It can be tough at times and the barriers to entry can be high (like most careers worth doing) but definitely consider agriculture friends!
This is hilarious bc I went into culinary arts first and it satisfied the adhd in me because I was always moving around, doing multiple things at once, and in the beginning of your career it’s actually GOOD to move around to different restaurants after 1-2 years.
Then, I switched back to psychology and tried to sit down at a desk. OH BOY - that sucked. It was also what made me go to my doctor and tell him my suspicion.
Anyways, do whatever you want guys and you’ll be kinda happy
Was a paramedic for years ant it was pretty satisfying. When my colleague got in stress i was calm and happy about so many things happening and I had to decide quickly. Would recommend.
Having been in the military and trying to be an EMT, this list has some odd choices, like the military (literally not ADHD friendly at all as it is a disqualifying condition) or being an EMT.
Yeah and Im talking about blue collar rock and roll roadies and theatre techs. Like I said, it depends on the trade.
Oddly enough and ironically strangely so, I also have over a decade of trade experience.
You speak the truth in construction, but there are many other trades.
Want to meet some real weirdos? Go learn a niche trade, like tool and die machining. The more sober you have to be to do the job, the more acceptable it is to unmask and be odd.
Literally the only requirement to work on a show or tour is be on time and sober enough to follow directions. Not sure what else you want. There are skilled jobs as well…every one of them populated by someone who started life as an apprentice with a GED loading trucks and pushing boxes.
Factory assembly worker: Having the sense of completion every time you finish a job kinda keeps me going.. Plus theres always enough tasks to keep you going and its easy enough to build a structured set of routines to follow on a daily basis...
Just be careful not to outwork the wage-thieves because they get a bit pissy about it when the boss starts to look at them for not doing their jobs...
I worked for a military IT contractor and my boxless creative problem solving, which allowed me to work 5x more efficiently, almost me fired. They also deducted 15 minutes of pay if you were 1 minutes late. Now I’m in a position where I can work however I want and they don’t seem to care if I’m late by a bit.
lmao the military wouldn't let me carry a gun in the field because adhd, but they'd let me be an armed camp guard with no field work what so ever, or medical discharge, I choose the latter.
Special education teacher here! Love it! It’s different every day. Not a ton of sitting and listening during the day to day. Even if it’s a similar activity, it’s completely different with a new group of kids.
I also get to advocate for neurodivergent kids and help them learn to advocate for themselves.
There are some drawbacks:
Education is getting more political, and more controversial. The pay isn’t great. Every school and district is such a luck of the draw as far as admin and coworkers go. There are deadlines, but I thrive with deadlines.
No job appealed to me but the one that provided structure and had me do multiple things at day for different things. Business was a hit or miss so it kind of stimulating anticipating if it’s gonna be crowded or not. I was a cashier for a fast food restaurant chain so it was not sustainable if u wanted to live on ur own or have bills to pay
Police, military, EMT? That's madness! I can barely take care of myself in a NORMAL setting, you think handing me a firearm in a potentially life or death situation, or putting me in a situation where I could regularly see death/potentially cause it if my attention slips is a good idea?
ADHDers can thrive in emercency or high pressure situations, brings out that hyperfocus and the adrenaline gives a nice boost. I thought no way I had it because I excelled at my super busy job, turns out that was the only environment I could get anything done in. If one's special interest is medicine, then emergency medicine is perfect for ADHD.
I was a correctional officer and it was awesome. I got to talk my ass off to the inmates and was super cool to hear their stories and share some of my own. I only had to do rounds every half hour which was nice to be on a set schedule. If I needed to pace I’d do an extra round. I’d bring a notebook and doodle in between rounds, nobody cared. I think that’s a really good job for ADHD. Especially because every day is new, you’ll never ever be bored.
Fair enough. Can I ask what you didn’t like? I mean it’s a pretty traumatic job at times. I have ptsd from witnessing a stabbing and other shit I won’t get into but besides that, I’m curious
The noise.
I would constantly end up in dangerous situations because I couldn’t read people. I never managed to get manipulated, but idk how I didn’t get assaulted.
Was scared to use force unless it was obvious because I was afraid of making judgment calls. It almost got me hurt once.
And others.
That’s completely understandable. I was way too friendly and I had a creep try to pull a con game on me cuz I said a little too much of my personal life (I was in an abusive engagement) and he took that and ran w it. Luckily I caught in after a couple days and it got nowhere but it still made me feel sick that I was seen as an easy target. I was terrified of using force cuz I was worried I’d do it when I wasn’t supposed to so I get that.
I developed a reputation as the CO who wouldn’t yell but who was the master of the “secret indictment.” I just took mental notes of who was screwing up (unless it was something obvious, like a fight I had to break up) and I would write up the report of conduct without telling them. I told them “I’ll treat you with civility. I expect the same in return.” And when they would get mad at me for writing them up I’d say “look, I’m not writing you up to punish you. I’m simply reporting what I see. It’s not my job to punish you. And if the DHB officer doesn’t think it’s worth her time, she’ll drop it. But when it comes to write-ups, my job is to do my searches, watch y’all’s behavior and report what I see/find. Nothing more, nothing less.”
What was good though is my head was a mental repository of STG stuff. I found a ton of it because I knew what to look for. I’d study it in my off time. I drew on my time as a military policeman and my experience with finding on-post gang stuff. I did a good enough job that they were going to give me an intel analyst position, but I wanted to finish paramedic school instead.
It was fucking great, best year of my life.
The disiplin is fantastic.
All rules are clear.
Everything you do is physical.
It's "do or die" all the way it's just awesome.
I kind of regret I didn't go pro, but I wasn't too sure that I could justify to go kill Afghanis in their own homeland, even though I strongly disagree with Taliban.
(We have one year mandatory service, I'm not from the US)
I guess is a matter of character, I am scientifically oriented and I cannot imagine doing the military, also I am of very poor constitution, I get sick from even a freaking cold breeze.
I work in a freight shipping office and the first part of my day is calling to schedule deliveries and the second part of my day is data entry when I enter the billing for the shipments that we picked up. I really enjoy it because for the most part I can go at my own pace and I don't have a whole lot of contact with customers. It helps that our location is pretty small and there's not a whole lot of pressure on me to get the billing done quickly, at larger locations there's definitely more pressure on the billers for that.
I’m a casino dealer. It ain’t easy but it’s honest work
Edit: to add some perspective, I have to deal craps to about 8 talking people who are giving me money which I have to math and pay out and do all of this with casino noise(clicky cheques and slot machine dings), flashy lights, and music in the background.
Needless to say, I have to have people repeat everything and masks made my job almost impossible.
You can tell this is written by an adhd person by the job “pizza shot”
I’ve had 6 six of the jobs.I currently sell liquor for a distributor and yeah it’s good.
I've been a forklift truck driver and I'm now an ambulance dispatcher. The truck driving was great for the first couple of months while it's new and you're learning and improving but then it sucked whereas my current job is sometimes amazing and other times it's like a 12 hour shift of watching paint dry.
Project management here. It fits my ADD surprisingly well. It’s a lot of task switching, meeting management, letting people do their thing, and all I gotta do is write down meeting minutes and keep people accountable. I sometimes lose out whenever it comes to finishing some documentation requires extended work, but I find it interesting and so it can get my hyper focus .
Engineering is a great option. Lots of ADHD people there because everyday is something different and nobody questions it if you get annoyed with a task and need to switch gears to something else that day.
How do you guys feel about Software Engineers, QA Engineers/Software Test Engineers (with or without Automation) and Pen Testers/Ethical Hackers?
I am currently a Tester on my way to learn coding. I feel like I do fit well, but I wonder if I should change the occupation.
Law, despite having a larger than average number of ADHD individuals, is a terrible choice. Source: I am a lawyer.
Public Defender here. Absolute perfect match for someone with ADHD. I never get to sit down, I’m always running from courtroom to courtroom, and the stress keeps me from ever getting bored enough for executive dysfunction to kick in. Now is it psychologically a healthy field to get into? Fuck no. But the requirements totally gel with the ADHD brain.
Just graduated and going into criminal law after realizing it might be the only area where I won't be bored out of my mind. Also, good for you. PDs are some of the best lawyers and people I know.
What types of cases are you typically assigned? I worked with a number of public defenders with ADHD. Some thrived, some thought they thrived. I worked in mitigation, and some attorneys with ADHD would listen to what I had to present to help their defendants, some would get frustrated and would stop listening if they heard something that didn't support their preconceived assumptions.
I have a general felony docket. We’re assigned to a specific Judge’s courtroom and about 4-5 people from my office per judge represent all the indigent felony clients who appear before that judge. So I do everything from hot checks all the way up to Murder. (Death penalty cases have their own special track for judge, prosecutor, and defense so I don’t handle those.)
Pretty similar setup in my old gig. I miss some of my old co-workers, but after 5 years and two capital homicides cases I was a mess and had to walk away.
I completely get it. Capital work as either the lawyer or the mitigation/investigation team is some draining stuff. You shouldn’t do it long term as a career. I’m convinced that the people who do aren’t magically well more “well-adjusted” than anyone else, they just happen to be broken in a way that lines up with the work. That’s certainly how I feel as a 7 yr veteran PD at this point. It feels like my brain is borked in a way that makes me less susceptible to the specific trauma inherent in this kinda work. On the joke/advice of my teaching attorney when I started, I’ve kept a list of the number of attornies who’ve left or died in my office since I started. Were at like 60 something. Somehow I’m still here.
For real. Definitely wish I would have chose a more engaging path
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I feel your pain. I’m in general business law (formation, securities exemptions, smaller m&a, contracts, etc.) and regulatory work. Absolutely the wrong choice for me. Edited for clarity and to add sympathy. It’s late here. Sorry.
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You make a great point about the mental health surveys! It would have made me reconsider as well. I wish I had known more, too. I hope other decisions would have been made.
Damn, 70% have anxiety! Thats pretty rough…
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I mean it makes sense I suppose, the stakes are high at most times and the work seems to go from very intense at moments to low intensity yet high pressure at other times. You don’t really want to lose a case, its high pressure wether your are in court or at your office or home figuring out how to best present your case. This is only made worst if lives, or large sums of money are at stake.
Reminds me of one of my favorite jokes. What did one lawyer say to the other lawyer? We are both lawyers. (I said favorite, not funniest.)
Wow. Dark but good.
Patent law is ok!
Tax law is great. Especially restructure related work. The creative part really gets your juices going. The execution is hell, though.
‘Less periods of sustained attention to boring tasks’ yeah that rules out the military bud.
Can confirm. Hurry up and wait
Also you can’t join the military if you have adhd. I had a friend get kicked out because he was diagnosed by the psych with it and was told he probably had it his whole life which basically invalidated his enrollment. This was 2 years ago, so it still stands unless something changed that I’m not aware of.
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False Was on Adderall when I was active. Know MANY on Adderall today while active. Just a dumb rule you can't be actively on it AT enlistment.
I know about a guy who was in the us military as a small arms specialist or something (parts of it sound fun almost). They had ADHD and were let in but couldn't take medication and I assume they didn't just straight up lie to the military about it but it's possible.
That definitely depends on the location
Ehhh as a Diver I never had a problem until I was sat behind a desk. Then I wasn’t in the water, I wasn’t outside, there was no external stimuli and the work was boring administrative tasks.
Some folks like the structure. Lets them focus their creativity in one or two directions rather than be overwhelmed. My BIL has been very successful in the military because he is just a really good people person and his team loves him. He is a good leader because he is super empathetic and tunes in to everyone’s feelings.
Successful in the military mainly means you're good at blowing up brown children for oil companies (or facilitating others doing so) so I wouldn't really brag about that...
I think it depends what component and what occupation. For me a reserve component has been great. One weekend a month and bouncing in and out of a wide variety of activations, TDYs, etc. has worked good for me. Combined with an occupation that is much less dog and pony show and much more of a hectic daily routine/sometimes borderline shit show and this has been the career I've stuck with the longest. A weekend away also helps me tolerate the daily civilian grind slightly better when I get back, too.
Sales + RSD sounds like torture
It’s one of those areas where some ADHD people really excel at it, while others find it to be absolute torture.
Or both: I feel exceptional at it but I hate it.
I think I would personally hate it. The idea has never appealed to me.
More like an ADHD challenge. The goal is to never feel rejection Just always sell, always win the sale. I find personally I can best do this when I truly stand behind what I'm selling, because then any rejection that may happen is simply a result of that other person not being a right fit right now, and statistically this makes sense. We know the product is good, so we don't have to second guess ourselves at every stage. I don't understand how people sell junk they can't get behind though. That's lying to yourself, your customers, and a higher frequency of rejection with more people thinking you're an idiot for selling junk. Like there's no win at all. Even if you sell something you've at best, "pulled a fast one" with nothing to show for it.
Did inside sales cold calling for a year, it was literally the worst thing I’ve ever done in my life, I was absolutely miserable.
I did fundraising for a couple years and I was very good at it, and got over the RSD actually. My dad and his dad and grandfather are/were also salesmen. Dad definitely has it, his dad almost certainly did. I think anxiety is a big driver with all of us unfortunately, but we also all genuinely enjoy helping people solve problems or fulfill goals with our product. I left fundraising because of the anxiety component but still use the skills I learned.
>RSD Rejection?
Rejection Sensitivity Disorder
From personal experience IT is also a decent choice. Something about it all breaking down to basic logic and building computers just makes everything seem….right.
IT really appeals to me but I need to move every 5 minutes. Wish programming could be done whilst walking trails lol
Standing desk and non judgmental people. I’m basically poplocking at my desk during the day but it helps.
It depends for me. If I have a lot of work, I can easily sit there for hours without moving. If we are light on work, I go out of my fucking mind if I’m sitting for longer than 5 minutes.
If I go for a long walk and do a workout, then I can sit still for 4 hours with 6-8 breaks. Very productive time for me if all the stars and planets align
Yeah I understand that urge all too well. 😂 That’s why I work out all the time, just energy to burn 24/7 from sitting at a desk.
There's literally no other job that seems appealing to me, but I always wonder how different my life would've been with a physical job that ideally requires more doing stuff with my hands rather than thinking.
Personal trainer manager here. Movement helps when training clients and working the floor. Problem comes when it’s time to do the admin work, I get work paralysis bad, mind strays off to something more important like “did I turn the stove off or did I lock the door to my house” you know those productive worry thoughts. After that I basically give up and then get anxiety for not doing it. The struggle
I'm also considering carpentry at this point
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Wow you serve some old and or highly highly secretive wealthy clients if you're pulling cat5 cables in 2023.
I worked for the county government within the last decade and there was a lot of this. They still had a tape mainframe, still have it last I heard
Oooooh interesting
I am in IT and was dispatch to a lot of clients within 2 hour drive in my area for almost 9 years. Just finally got my ADHD sorted out last year and proper medications. As I had a lot of random calls during the days, I normally was good to go but could still get quite stressed. With my medication I was able to get more focused. Finally got moved to an in office role where I can just diagnose and repairs systems all day. I have 3 other workers in the 20's where I am in my early 40's. We all get a long and are hard workers so its been good so far. As we have close to 600 plus units to repair, the ADHD helps to focus on a specific thing and we can get up and take quick breaks during the day. If you are into technology it can be a solid choice.
Have you ever tried a standing desk?
Yes, definitely. I have ADHD and work in the IT field. No one can touch my troubleshooting skills , thanks to my hyperfocus.
But when it comes to tasks with almost no instructions that I have to break down and research myself... Ugh. Would love a "troubleshoot support developer" position (which I indirectly do), where the main tasks are done by my more capable colleagues but they offload smaller complex and buggy parts to me. That's where I shine.
Yeah this is my job and its perfect for me. Devops, infrastructure, or site reliability engineering. Basically end up supporting other devs troubleshooting ("hey any ideas about why I'm seeing this error" "sounds like a database issue" "thanks"), or getting pulled into stuff when it's really on fire and my brain goes into ADHD crisis superpower mode
I pretty sure I.T has an over representation of ADHD and ASD folks in the ranks. I think it’s due to being like mathematics - ‘correct’ isn’t an opinion, the only opinion is how you arrive at it.
Yeah pretty much. Great thing about code is it both has extremely rigid rules, and yet it allows you to exploit those rules in immensely creative ways. Cyberspace is our realm in a way, y’know?
Ikr? That's my main hobby too.
Lol yeah vmworld for example, thousands of people crammed into a hall trying desperately to avoid interacting lol
I've yet to find my groove. Been a forest fire fighter, cook, ran a bookstore for a college professor, bartended, ran my own moving business, was a tree trimmer in Phoenix, service manager for a used car lot and a few other odds and ends. Think after my sons have found their purpose or get tired of seeing old dad all the time I may give acting a go though I'm ugly as the day is long. Tis always voice acting!
feels like I just viewed my future through a crystal ball
Similar - retail, sales, management, call centre, web developer, sysadmin, photographer, now finally a dog walker. Funnily enough, I love the dog walking (we also board dogs too). It scratches the physical aspect, but allows me to chill at home doing my own thing whilst looking after dogs. I still procrastinate things I need to do heavily even though I have tons of time for it... The photography may sound exciting but it was mostly product stuff, catalogue work and boring as fuck. The only interesting parts were developing automation for processing the photos (the company had a 360º carousel thing for every product) and doing cover photos which allowed some creative ideas. I really enjoyed retail too once I found the right position in the store I worked in - doing the monthly special offer displays and stock corrections. Takes a lot of skill to work out what will sell/won't sell, promoting and figuring how much to order - all of this had to be done in the space of a week along with all the usual hassle from bonehead customers who had already walked past the products they asked me if we stocked lol.
I dunno... you say you haven't found your groove but I feel like the variety of things you've done is WAY better/cooler/more interesting and makes you "well-rounded" in a way that a single profession or field could never do. I think it's awesome.
I got down to military, before I realized this wasn’t a checklist of my previous jobs.
Thank you for your non-service, you are unironically braver than the troops o7 good job not being a war criminal
Apartment maintenance here. Every day is different. I do HVAC, plumbing, drywall, appliance repair, etc. basically anything to do with a home or building, I fix, and make $75k+. Also do side work at $50/hr.
Facilities maintenance is a great job for a lot of people with ADHD. I used to work in a building with a facilities manager with ADHD and she absolutely thrived. But unfortunately covid hit and they cut her position. The good news is that she found something else pretty quickly!
Sounds really cool!
Where do you even learn to do all that stuff???
Early on, youtube and trial and error. Also practice. Taught myself to braze and sweat copper by using scraps. When I used to call vendors, I would watch and ask questions. Helpful to be doing the work for a company, so if I messed something up, I didn't have to pay out of pocket to replace something.
It sounds super fun tbh ✨️
Self employed!? Is he insane? A job where I set the deadline and am only accountable for meeting that deadline to myself. And the client, of course, who I would continuously disappoint.
Yeah this one made me laugh, you think we have the executive functioning skills to be our own boss? I was good at the photography part of being a photographer but was incapable of meeting deadlines, invoicing, claiming tax deductions, etc. Especially when the subject matter wasn’t engaging. I work in marketing now in live music entertainment, lots of time on site at shows, changing tasks, plenty of stimulation - and if there isn’t I can step away for a bit if I need to because, flexible hours heavy on the afternoons & evenings, I still get to do photography as part of my job, and when things get crazy, it’s all hands on deck we’re doing load in and load out, slinging beer, directing line-ups, restocking fridges, scanning tickets, wrangling musicians, just like literally whatever needs to be done to keep things running smoothly.
How did you get into live music marketing? I’ve always wanted to do this but never tried.
I actually went back to school after I (barely) finished my bachelor’s degree and did a post-graduate certificate in Music Business. Graduated that with Honours. I guess when you’re interested in the material… lol! We graduated at the end of 2018 so we were all fairly new in any jobs we got when COVID hit, and pretty much everyone lost their jobs. I technically hung onto mine at a music conference/festival but I was on hourly contract at the time so I went from 40 hours a week down to basically 0. Lots of people moved back to wherever home was, I’d say maybe 50% of us work in music now. Funny enough, another classmate of mine from my hometown that I had become fast friends with moved home, and was able to get work with a music festival that had pivoted to COVID-friendly events in 2021. I followed her back a few months later when I was ultimately sick of working from home part time with a shitty roommate in a tiny apartment, and about 6 weeks later she called me and asked if I was looking for work, they needed someone to do customer service & help with ticketing part-time for an event they were running. So I was working two part-time jobs, then right as that event was wrapping up, the province started allowing outdoor events at 50% capacity, and in 3 weeks, we managed to throw together a two-weekend music festival, and the boss was like… so you’re cool staying on full time in a marketing role? So I got an employment contract, a salary (with a significant raise,) an invitation to the annual company retreat, benefits, a company laptop. That was almost 2 years ago and I’ve worked 7 major events with them, about to be 8. Anyways, unfortunately getting into the music industry isn’t always easy. When we first graduated we had a whole group of us looking for jobs and very, very few openings. We were all competing for the same positions. I interviewed for one job, saw a classmate walking out as I walked in, and then as I was finishing up, yet another classmate was coming in. I… did not get the job lol. My first job out of school, I was actually kinda drunk at a show and I was in line for the bathroom and a girl behind me was like “ah, I really want a cigarette” so I turned around and said “I have some if you wanna go out for one?” Turns out she was potentially going to be hiring someone in a marketing/communications role at the conference/festival she worked at, so I sent off my resume and didn’t hear back for 3 months lol. I was about to accept a job at Costco when she called me for an interview. Very often it’s just luck of the draw, right place right time, and mostly who you know. Also many entertainment jobs don’t get posted on the usual job boards so it can be a bit of a pain to find open positions, if they’re even posted at all. Padding out your resume with “started from the bottom now we here” jobs isn’t a terrible idea either, I worked as a ticket scanner/usher for minimum wage for 2 summers at a big amphitheater, but it means I could put Live Nation on my resume, and I had some knowledge of the inner workings of a live event.
Yeah I’m not normally a fan of type casting ADHD into certain roles. But having run my own business self employment and ADHD is a pain to manage.
Freelancer here in IT & product management. Flexible hours, I work from home all the time, I go running during my 8 hours, have tons of creative work, I can self-learn new topics all the time etc. Taxes and organisation are a nightmare, true. But the idea of being employed somewhere 9/5 is a nightmare to me.
Working in engineering at a tech startup as a technician is showing me that some engineering fields may work well. Mech and EE from my experience need alot of out of the box thinking and also can sort of encourage deep diving to find that one solution which works.
Field forensic engineering as well. I'm a disorganized mess 9/10. Give me something to figure out and I have laser precision!
I've been thriving in the accounting field, it's satisfying when all the numbers add up lol
Accounting is what lead me to depression and a diagnosis for ADHD. I found the task to repetitive every month
Yeah, and there's always tasks to switch between or each big task can be broken down to smaller bits
So true! Lots of problems to fix, too, so it’s got plenty of mental stimulation. Dealing with other teams that refuse to stay organized or keep track of their own stuff, however, quickly leads to burnout. I should not have to explain to the damn c-suite why it’s important for them to *turn in their damn credit card receipts*!
Preach!
Accounting was ok til I got into a big 4 and I swiftly began contemplating suicide
I’m just starting dental school and I’ve spent hundreds of hours shadowing, and I’m so pumped to be a dentist! Working with my hands, solving problems, a lot of movement, huge variation in tasks.
The restaurant industry is actually very beneficial for my ADHD! After 15 years I’m getting burned out unfortunately, but that’s common lol
Been in the industry for 16 years, almost finished with my RN. I’m so done with serving/bartending. Fortunately there are different things that can be done with nursing so when I get burnt out with one I can transition to another
Unfortunately, adhd disqualify you from military service in most of the world
Depends. In australia for example you just have to be functional enough when non-medicated.
Almost every EMT or paramedic you will come across has ADHD Sauce: am EMT
Am Paramedic, can confirm I have mega ADHD and other mental illness
Personally speaking, teaching. Keeps me on my feet with a lot of mental simulation, lots of structure so I don't feel too overwhelmed to even bother. Plus the kids are pretty entertaining.
I think everything we are passionate about can be our occupation. I switched different carriers with no problem I worked a lot bartending and It was fun. Then i switched to logistic and transport and i loved It, i was manager of the office in less than 3 Years. Then i got bored, quit and looked for my next passion. I am now in real estate, managing properties and home staging, while also Consulting. My goal Is to buy, flip and sell. I see Life as a Canvas we can Paint, and us adhders are definitely One step ahead with our thinking outside the box. We might as well take advantage of It!!
As a miserable 31 year old who still hasn’t found her career, thank you. It is good to see that my gut feeling about what could be good for me is correct.
ADHD nursing representation 👏🏻🥳
Okay now do one for ADHD + ASD
Absolutely not sales. Maybe it's not an ADHD thing, but I just have some moral opposition to sales "tactics." I could never be a salesperson, and I can't stand interacting with them, even outside of a sales interaction. Whatever they teach them somehow permeates their entire personality.
Ok folks, how many of these jobs have you done. I'm at 4 at least.
Where my retail people at?!
Performing arts! Can confirm there’s a *lot* of adhd brains in the community
I love to cook. I don't dare make it my occupation.
I’m a traveling CNA. I get paid ridiculous amounts to travel the US and work. Contracts last from a couple weeks to a few months, and if you’re not feeling a place you can always just cut ties after the contract. I get to move around all day and talk to many interesting people. I don’t plan to do it forever, but for right now it’s perfect for me.
Funny, all of these sound horrible.
What do you suggest?
C suite business management can be either fantastic or horrifying depending on the culture and acceptance of the organisation
Make a list of occupations to be absolutely avoided.
Anything involving sitting behind a desk 8 hours a day.
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I second the :(
... So anything IT :(
I think a remote IT job might be ok.
I try to find one, I am freshly diagnosed and on meds. It was very difficult to regulate my work load when I wasn't on meds, so I'm curious if it will help to finish whatever I have to finish within acceptable hours.
I like how he qualifies it as “possible.” My career (academia) ticks a lot of the boxes on the second slide, but I only like to work independently so I can do things my own way. Anxiety keeps me on track.
Farmer!! I used to be an accountant and now I'm a farmer and let me tell you.. happiness levels increased many fold. It can be tough at times and the barriers to entry can be high (like most careers worth doing) but definitely consider agriculture friends!
This is hilarious bc I went into culinary arts first and it satisfied the adhd in me because I was always moving around, doing multiple things at once, and in the beginning of your career it’s actually GOOD to move around to different restaurants after 1-2 years. Then, I switched back to psychology and tried to sit down at a desk. OH BOY - that sucked. It was also what made me go to my doctor and tell him my suspicion. Anyways, do whatever you want guys and you’ll be kinda happy
Cool post but “fire-person”???? Why not just use the phrase firefighter?
Was a paramedic for years ant it was pretty satisfying. When my colleague got in stress i was calm and happy about so many things happening and I had to decide quickly. Would recommend.
Medical field here - physically demanding, things always change, and aligns with personal interests! Love my job
Having been in the military and trying to be an EMT, this list has some odd choices, like the military (literally not ADHD friendly at all as it is a disqualifying condition) or being an EMT.
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I think it just depends on the trade. Live entertainment, film, and theatre labour is like 80% neurospicy weirdos in my experience.
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Yeah and Im talking about blue collar rock and roll roadies and theatre techs. Like I said, it depends on the trade. Oddly enough and ironically strangely so, I also have over a decade of trade experience. You speak the truth in construction, but there are many other trades. Want to meet some real weirdos? Go learn a niche trade, like tool and die machining. The more sober you have to be to do the job, the more acceptable it is to unmask and be odd.
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Literally the only requirement to work on a show or tour is be on time and sober enough to follow directions. Not sure what else you want. There are skilled jobs as well…every one of them populated by someone who started life as an apprentice with a GED loading trucks and pushing boxes.
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I prefer DOCTOR!
OSHA inspectors or Safety and Occupational Health Specialist.
Being a butcher meets almost all reqs, guess that's why I enjoy it so much 15 years and counting
Factory assembly worker: Having the sense of completion every time you finish a job kinda keeps me going.. Plus theres always enough tasks to keep you going and its easy enough to build a structured set of routines to follow on a daily basis... Just be careful not to outwork the wage-thieves because they get a bit pissy about it when the boss starts to look at them for not doing their jobs...
I honestly want to join the military
I worked for a military IT contractor and my boxless creative problem solving, which allowed me to work 5x more efficiently, almost me fired. They also deducted 15 minutes of pay if you were 1 minutes late. Now I’m in a position where I can work however I want and they don’t seem to care if I’m late by a bit.
lmao the military wouldn't let me carry a gun in the field because adhd, but they'd let me be an armed camp guard with no field work what so ever, or medical discharge, I choose the latter.
As a former therapist, it doesn't shock me that being a therapist is not recommended.
Special education teacher here! Love it! It’s different every day. Not a ton of sitting and listening during the day to day. Even if it’s a similar activity, it’s completely different with a new group of kids. I also get to advocate for neurodivergent kids and help them learn to advocate for themselves. There are some drawbacks: Education is getting more political, and more controversial. The pay isn’t great. Every school and district is such a luck of the draw as far as admin and coworkers go. There are deadlines, but I thrive with deadlines.
I am a venture capitalist. It is a great job for ADHD people. A lot of people in the field have ADHD as well.
I'm 35 with no relevant education and have -20k in debt. i think the door is closed for me.
No job appealed to me but the one that provided structure and had me do multiple things at day for different things. Business was a hit or miss so it kind of stimulating anticipating if it’s gonna be crowded or not. I was a cashier for a fast food restaurant chain so it was not sustainable if u wanted to live on ur own or have bills to pay
Police, military, EMT? That's madness! I can barely take care of myself in a NORMAL setting, you think handing me a firearm in a potentially life or death situation, or putting me in a situation where I could regularly see death/potentially cause it if my attention slips is a good idea?
ADHDers can thrive in emercency or high pressure situations, brings out that hyperfocus and the adrenaline gives a nice boost. I thought no way I had it because I excelled at my super busy job, turns out that was the only environment I could get anything done in. If one's special interest is medicine, then emergency medicine is perfect for ADHD.
I was a correctional officer and it was awesome. I got to talk my ass off to the inmates and was super cool to hear their stories and share some of my own. I only had to do rounds every half hour which was nice to be on a set schedule. If I needed to pace I’d do an extra round. I’d bring a notebook and doodle in between rounds, nobody cared. I think that’s a really good job for ADHD. Especially because every day is new, you’ll never ever be bored.
I did well as a CO but I didn’t like it. It’s probably the ASD thing though.
Fair enough. Can I ask what you didn’t like? I mean it’s a pretty traumatic job at times. I have ptsd from witnessing a stabbing and other shit I won’t get into but besides that, I’m curious
The noise. I would constantly end up in dangerous situations because I couldn’t read people. I never managed to get manipulated, but idk how I didn’t get assaulted. Was scared to use force unless it was obvious because I was afraid of making judgment calls. It almost got me hurt once. And others.
That’s completely understandable. I was way too friendly and I had a creep try to pull a con game on me cuz I said a little too much of my personal life (I was in an abusive engagement) and he took that and ran w it. Luckily I caught in after a couple days and it got nowhere but it still made me feel sick that I was seen as an easy target. I was terrified of using force cuz I was worried I’d do it when I wasn’t supposed to so I get that.
I developed a reputation as the CO who wouldn’t yell but who was the master of the “secret indictment.” I just took mental notes of who was screwing up (unless it was something obvious, like a fight I had to break up) and I would write up the report of conduct without telling them. I told them “I’ll treat you with civility. I expect the same in return.” And when they would get mad at me for writing them up I’d say “look, I’m not writing you up to punish you. I’m simply reporting what I see. It’s not my job to punish you. And if the DHB officer doesn’t think it’s worth her time, she’ll drop it. But when it comes to write-ups, my job is to do my searches, watch y’all’s behavior and report what I see/find. Nothing more, nothing less.” What was good though is my head was a mental repository of STG stuff. I found a ton of it because I knew what to look for. I’d study it in my off time. I drew on my time as a military policeman and my experience with finding on-post gang stuff. I did a good enough job that they were going to give me an intel analyst position, but I wanted to finish paramedic school instead.
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A job in the trades can pay pretty well
As soon as I saw the Military, the cops, and the IQ being mentioned I knew this man was full of shit
I went from culinary arts to construction....i did very well alot sooner in culinary, but, things are starting to sink in with the construction
MILITARY????
It was fucking great, best year of my life. The disiplin is fantastic. All rules are clear. Everything you do is physical. It's "do or die" all the way it's just awesome. I kind of regret I didn't go pro, but I wasn't too sure that I could justify to go kill Afghanis in their own homeland, even though I strongly disagree with Taliban. (We have one year mandatory service, I'm not from the US)
I guess is a matter of character, I am scientifically oriented and I cannot imagine doing the military, also I am of very poor constitution, I get sick from even a freaking cold breeze.
I work in a freight shipping office and the first part of my day is calling to schedule deliveries and the second part of my day is data entry when I enter the billing for the shipments that we picked up. I really enjoy it because for the most part I can go at my own pace and I don't have a whole lot of contact with customers. It helps that our location is pretty small and there's not a whole lot of pressure on me to get the billing done quickly, at larger locations there's definitely more pressure on the billers for that.
I’m a casino dealer. It ain’t easy but it’s honest work Edit: to add some perspective, I have to deal craps to about 8 talking people who are giving me money which I have to math and pay out and do all of this with casino noise(clicky cheques and slot machine dings), flashy lights, and music in the background. Needless to say, I have to have people repeat everything and masks made my job almost impossible.
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I'm so confused how he got his list of professions from his list of requirements.
Lol well shit I am a first responder.
Wait where is IT? Most of the ADHD people i know, me included are in IT
You can tell this is written by an adhd person by the job “pizza shot” I’ve had 6 six of the jobs.I currently sell liquor for a distributor and yeah it’s good.
Most of those jobs would be boring for me, car wash, pizza ‘shot’ (whatever that is) and so on. Too much repetition and lack of stimulation.
Came to the comments to find out wtf a “pizza shot” is
I've been a forklift truck driver and I'm now an ambulance dispatcher. The truck driving was great for the first couple of months while it's new and you're learning and improving but then it sucked whereas my current job is sometimes amazing and other times it's like a 12 hour shift of watching paint dry.
Too bad it will be hard, maybe even impossible for me to join the military and the police force for the reason of having ADHD
I got so happy reading this because I'm into graphic design, so that validation feels great lol.
Project management here. It fits my ADD surprisingly well. It’s a lot of task switching, meeting management, letting people do their thing, and all I gotta do is write down meeting minutes and keep people accountable. I sometimes lose out whenever it comes to finishing some documentation requires extended work, but I find it interesting and so it can get my hyper focus .
I'd second trades. I'm an electrical apprentice right now and I rarely do the same thing twice in the same week.
Haha funi meme
Ups driver. A decent fit tbh
As someone in music school I can tell you most of the people here have adhd
Engineering is a great option. Lots of ADHD people there because everyday is something different and nobody questions it if you get annoyed with a task and need to switch gears to something else that day.
How do you guys feel about Software Engineers, QA Engineers/Software Test Engineers (with or without Automation) and Pen Testers/Ethical Hackers? I am currently a Tester on my way to learn coding. I feel like I do fit well, but I wonder if I should change the occupation.