Attention Deficit Disorder Coach Pete Quily thinks that ADD can be an advantage in a high tech career:
It seems to me ADD and the technology industry is a natural fit. The constant change of the high tech world can be stressful and troubling for some people but it’s often stimulating and energizing for the ADDer. A great source of Dopamine hits. Although, there are no specific statistics a number of other ADD experts I’ve talked to agree with my observation.
Though Quily doesn’t have data to back up his belief, it definitely rings true with me and my techie friends, who constantly joke that we all have ADD (even though it’s a serious condition.) Quily sees 10 advantages of having ADD in a high tech career, specifically:
- The Ability to Hyperfocus.
- Rapid Fire Mind.
- Multitasking at Will.
- High Energy Level.
- Highly Creative.
- Quick Learner.
- Stimulus Seeking Brain.
- Constantly Scanning your Environment.
- Great in a Crisis.
- Risk Taker.
Sound like anyone you know?
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Originally from Lifehacker