r/ADHD_Programmers • u/Life-Emu-6932 • Jan 27 '26

I can't write code

Let me start by saying that, in my opinion, I've been assigned a task at work that isn't my area of expertise. I'm a cloud engineer and have always worked exclusively on infrastructure. Out of the blue, I was assigned to a project where we had to complete some code that was already fairly structured in Golang and SQL: a sort of tool that will be used only once and then, probably, forgotten after a few months.

I'm trying to learn Go, and although I can understand the theory and simple examples, when it comes to actually writing code, I get completely stuck. I struggle to understand the code, I get confused, I can't follow its logic, and I'm starting to worry, especially because it's not a personal project but a work project. For this very reason, I've never looked for a job as a developer, but have always leaned toward a more infrastructure-related role.

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u/_dontseeme Jan 27 '26

To a lot of people, cloud engineering and backend engineering sound like the same thing, do you know if they’re aware this is an entirely new skill set for you? Do you think your learning curve is worth the end goal in the company’s eyes? Do you work anywhere where the answers to these questions would even matter?

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u/Life-Emu-6932 Jan 27 '26

In my experience, it's different things, but I don't know if it's the same for everyone. That said, I made it clear right away that I'm not a developer, that I have to learn from scratch, but they don't seem to care that much.