working with an ivy league prof who had ADHD on a project, and its been fairly interesting. He is old, super smart, has several degrees but only focuses on what he can derive based on logic. Just last night we had a long meeting on a bunch of things he needs to work on and he says he sees it all like fireworks. He finds it easier to listen via audio instead of reading a paper or a book. And he works on everything in parallel. It's very interesting. He said he went on meds but it zapped the life out of him so he quit that and is just living with it. If I don't work with him closely I won't be able to notice the patterns
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yeah I find the hardest part is when people want you to sit still and find any deviation or you moving your eyes off them as offense to be the hardest
give me 500 tickets and you'll have 20 of them done in a day, provided nobody actually cares to schedule me and I can work on them all in parallel
how does it work? I don't know
upside I can often take several tasks and bundle them into one, because nobody realized they were all working in the same area and because I'm running around everywhere it becomes clear to me
I still massively hate interruptions though. break me out of my flow
That's incredible, I can't do what you are doing and i think its pretty amazing. I am a serial tasker, full focus and jump from one completed job to another hence it was very confusing at first. This was the first time I am working with someone with ADHD and the work flow is absolutely the opposite - but no compromise on quality, if anything its way better. The prof I work with has several masters degrees in various engineering field and highly accomplishment, has a happy family with daughters who are probably older than me. I think its also about your surrounding and how adaptive people are in bringing out the best in you instead of imposing their style on you.