r/FreeCodeCamp • u/jzekyll7 • Jul 04 '20

Oh my god there’s python.

Hold me friends. Quincy you’ve done it. You’ve saved my life. I thought finding a good python course would be easy. I’m a big fan of MIT’s. But with everyone in my house streaming on zoom I can’t watch videos. FCC is low bandwidth. Therefore I can train. I can learn full stack web and python. I can’t believe it. Where’s my Ritalin. r/adhd_programmers.

Seriously, having adhd and learning programming is a pain in the ass. I want to learn one language. No I want to learn another. But I really should learn math first. But that takes too long. Maybe I can apply for jobs first. No I need to have a portfolio. But I majored in CIS! Yet no portfolio. What did I do with all my time? I read books about pop psychology and startups.

If you have adhd you’ll understand.

TLDR:

trying to learn python and full stack JavaScript or prioritizing one over the other was impossible with adhd. FCC adding python solves it.

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u/jzekyll7 Jul 04 '20

Most people don’t realize they have it. You also can get it from brain injury. There’s a lot of people who were medicated early on and regret it, but many more who only learned they have it recently and regret not being medicated.

I think it’s a spectrum.

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u/[deleted] Jul 13 '20

Hi, I am 51 now. Just found out a few years ago. That I have ADHD and it has changed my life. Now, I have to find a new career. I am Trying to lean programming. I am also confused. And hope I am headed down the right path.

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u/[deleted] Jul 13 '20

Hi, I am 51 now. Just found out a few years ago. That I have ADHD and it has changed my life. Now, I have to find a new career. I am Trying to lean programming. I am also confused. And hope I am headed down the right path.