May I interest you the most potent dopamine kick for us with adhd?
Build it, run it.
For iOS development, that means rubbing the ink off of Cmd+R, Python in PyCharm is Ctrl+R, bash is uparrow+enter…
The feeling of extreme frustration when things don’t compile and run, met quickly behind a rush of “hell yeah!” dopamine when things work - is an adhd brain’s white powder.
However, keep in mind that over time, business success will mean not finding the next thing to battle with or to learn - it will be implementing what you know quickly towards a customer aim. There’s a pit of despair if one doesn’t keep an eye out for that.
I was the typical “well-functioning, kinda smart” ADHD-kid, who got trash grades, to many of my peers surprise.
I was too busy tinkering with electronic music production, which I guess has a similar profile to coding, in regards to instant feedback dopamine hits.
Then I got into javascript at some point.
Last year I actively chose to go back to school to study web development. Top grades now and I am super excited to go to school every day.
Build it, run it.
For iOS development, that means rubbing the ink off of Cmd+R, Python in PyCharm is Ctrl+R, bash is uparrow+enter…
The feeling of extreme frustration when things don’t compile and run, met quickly behind a rush of “hell yeah!” dopamine when things work - is an adhd brain’s white powder.
However, keep in mind that over time, business success will mean not finding the next thing to battle with or to learn - it will be implementing what you know quickly towards a customer aim. There’s a pit of despair if one doesn’t keep an eye out for that.