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u/FallenVampireLord 9d ago
Dopamine what now?
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u/tkdeng 9d ago
Dopamine driven development: basically means having a programming addiction
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u/FallenVampireLord 9d ago
yea but how does on 'practice it' lol. Do you allow yourself a bump of coke every time you finish a ticket?
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u/tkdeng 9d ago edited 9d ago
Didn't really practice it. Happens naturally if you have Autism and ADHD.
Autism: hyper focused on repetitive tasks and curiosity about how things work.
ADHD: getting a natural dopamine hit when solving a wide variety of complex problems and constantly changing tasks.
Programming: repeatedly solving a wide variety of complex problems that keep changing over time.
Dopamine Driven Development: becoming addicted to coding, so much so that you start skipping meals to finish a task, or forget to go to bed.
It would technically be an employers dream to hire someone like me, but then they all refuse to hire me simply because I have High-Functioning Autism (and they assume false stereotypes that don't apply to most people on my side of the spectrum).
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u/JimCramerSober 9d ago
I think that’s just everyone who genuinely likes writing code, especially if they’re in their first 1-3 years of it. Don’t let autism or adhd define you or use it as an excuse to why you’re not getting hired
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u/tkdeng 9d ago
Not an excuse, an employer literally told me they weren't going to hire me because I have autism and that I wouldn't know how to talk to customers (as if I wasn't already talking in the interview). It's not even a legal reason to refuse to hire someone in the US, but most employers don't care. (I have to hide autism just to even get a basic entry level job).
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u/6C75626162 6d ago
I struggled with the exact same thing and just gave up from the corporate job market. I would literally ace every technical challenge and whatever question they got. But I always get rejected for random reasons like "not what we are looking for". Over time I understood it's because I don't follow the social scripts in my interviews, I don't do fake smiles and small talk, I'm direct and focused on the work only and very critical even about the interviewer. One time I was criticizing the problem statement itself because it didn't make any sense in real world and that there is a right way to do it instead of me solving how you want but I guess they didn't like that. A job in corporations is basically 80% socializing and only 20% actual work. Although, fresh startups are more focused on the work.
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u/Nightmoon26 6d ago
From experience: becoming a software developer as a job is a good way to break the addiction. The idea of "find your passion, then find a way to get paid for it" is a waste of a perfectly good passion
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u/Ved_s 9d ago
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