That’s why I started figuring out beginner courses / tutorials to figure out if I could grasp the basics on something. Though I’m a bit older, so maybe it comes down to being old and not wanting to waste as much time. Least if I don’t do good, I learned something. Did some blender one the other year to figure out some 3d modeling, was fun, then got distracted and haven’t touched it since. Was neat to understand the graphics side of things though.
But like, that’s how you do it though. Are you gunna fuck it up a lot? Absolutely but you’re going to learn and get it right the next time
Next what?
Huh? What was that?
Jesus that’s accurate
Lol I just learned python to help build a script to fix a problem I created in a previous ADHD project binge, and I can’t force myself to finish it because if the script works I will never have to run it again ever.
Oh boy, I wish I could tell you a story about this without doxxing myself. Holy fuck does it hit hard.
What if you swap the locality name for “Metropolis”, and yours for “Lex Luthor”?
Let’s just say I was morphing into something in my career, then was made a ridiculous offer for more money doing something I wasn’t fully qualified to do with the promise that there would be plenty of time to ramp up and develop. I took it, the timeline constricted, I got laid off (might as well have been fired), and it derailed my career from the trajectory I was on. Then the entire tech sector went into downturn, everyone’s doing RTO, every job has 487261884 applicants, and I’m about ready to cash in my chips.
I don’t understand the part with chips at the end. Why was the offer ridiculous ? do you mean the compensation was ridiculously higher than your usual ? I kinda did that recently, and am still hard at work to finish the thing in question,… so I can relate, I think.
Yeah, compensation was too high to turn down. I was happy where I was and going in the right direction.
I see. This is something to ruminate, thanks for sharing.
Mr President?
Lmao
I don’t remember how I got here
It does sometimes
That’s how I got to senior tech lead on my team (software engineer)
That’s been my entire career in computing. I was a director at a small company until it got bought out because they kept promoting me for jumping in with both feet and figuring shit out.
Me learning electrical engineering, 3d design, low level programming and several other skills at the same time just to make a ridiculous flashlight…
Edit: btw how does it work that i dont have adhd but somehow almost always relate to adhd memes? Is that normal?
ADHD is a relatable thing. Everyone does ADHD stuff just like everyone poops.
But, if you’re pooping 30 times a day and its affecting your quality of life, it’s a problem and you might have IBS or something.
Similarly, if your ADHD-like tendencies are happening so much that its affecting your quality of life, it is also a problem and you might have ADHD or something.
Either way when something normal is becoming not normal, its best to see a doctor if you can.
Wait…everyone doesn’t do that?
why do i always do this to myself
Cause it’s fun! I never feel such a rush of excitement when doing stuff I already know or am able to do wih ease. This has to be how adrenaline junkies feel like.
Oh you can get the barely-doing-things high with easy and simple things too! You just have to wait until there’s almost too little time to do them.
True. That’s how I installed Lineage on my old Pixel and set up my home server. I just know I have a limited amount of time before I lose interest, so everything has to be mastered and running smoothly before the clock runs out.
That’s how I became a chemist lol
Nothing I do works consistently, so who cares?
Seriously if I could disappear without hurting anyone or causing rippling traumas, I would in a heartbeat.
Until then, I will at least try to enjoy the beginning of my doomed projects.
Exactly. There is no reason why you shouldn’t have your fun. If it’s concentrated there, at the beginning of projects, then so be it
you do end up “figuring out” whatever rocket science or advanced quantum entanglement you needed for the project, but you never finish it.
Haha this is me. I have that OP urge to take on a new project, with the expectation that I will figure it out along the way. Most of the time I actually do figure it out. But once I’ve “figured it out”, I’m bored and don’t want to finish.
Is it ADHD, or is it white man confidence?
…why not both!
Edit: Should have looked at what community I was in, lol
