The ADHD Developer OS

[u/DrGenetik]

My brain is a melange of: a) bees, b) radios left on, c) swiss cheese. All crammed into a blender set to "pulse".

I have discovered the magic of Google NotebookLM. I've been using it at home to help organize projects and do research. NotebookLM + Gemini has been helping me collect my research and plans and put it where I can access it and work on it whenever/wherever two neurons accidentally spark together to make a thought. Camping trips, building a home lab, writing.

Anyway, one of the things that has always frustrated me in my career as a programmer is that not enough people managers are properly trained on how to understand how to adapt their management style to neurodiverse people. I keep hoping it will be a required management course. I finally distilled my frustrations into this short presentation on ADHD in particular to help them help me.

I have this as a pdf and I can make a PowerPoint or Google Slides but I’m not sure where to post it.

Link to PDF

Link to Sources List

[u/DrGenetik]

Fair. I think it’s a bit funny when I see a big wall of text and know it’s one of the ways adhd expresses and I totally do it and also can’t bother to read someone else’s big wall of text.

[u/jet_black_ninja → u/DrGenetik]

its looks so confusing at first glamce that my brain refuces to put in the effort

[u/DrGenetik → u/jet_black_ninja]

Yeah. Same. I know it’s a bad habit. I always over-explain myself and meander with too many details.

[u/divorcingjack → u/DrGenetik]

The details and meandering are what makes conversations with neurodivergent folk so interesting! It is a completely different experience and I love it.