pannenkoek

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on adhd and meditation · c/adhd · 3 pts · 1y

Judging from OP’s replies it seems that OP drank the meditation cool-aid a bit too much. OP: Maybe you should try to take those meds.

on adhd and meditation · c/adhd · 3 pts · 1y

A brain that is wired differently will be very hard to control without some help of meds in my experience.

I have ADHD and in software engineering. I was also diagnosed recently… around a year ago. Disclaimer: I have around 20 years of experience.

Since I take my medicine I notice that I am way more precise than before and that I am not rushing things anymore. It’s absolutely insane how many sloppy mistakes I made before and how much my code quality improved overall. I am now deeply ashamed how much of a pain in the ass for my colleagues I must have been before :p

Anyway: What makes the difference for me: taking the time to think about proper solutions. Let some problems rest for a day and reevaluate the things I made the day before, before review, merge or deployments.

Back to your original problem: legacy code like that is probably hard for everyone but it makes a difference in what pace (or patience!) you are doing your work. I think medication can help you with that :)