I don’t write code, except for some sql queries used for verification, but do have an understanding of code and have reviewed code with developers when trying to ensure it functions as intended. Have adhd and while I often get praise for being able to understand and convey complex functionality and software concepts, the ever changing code bases is intimidating and keeps me from diving into actual development.

One thing that really helps with reviewing older, especially nested, code is drawing out a simple flowchart. Well, simple unless there is some kind of spaghetti logic that makes it complicated, but frequently just drawing out a loop or indicating when something is changing in the middle of the process can identify where the problem is in a way that is far easier than breakpoints.

I also have some level of aphantasia so I can’t visualize a workflow that I didn’t create, which could be a part of why this works for me, but using it to explain where the code is failing is a lot easier too when you can point at something and say “when the person resets to this step then x, y, and z are reset correctly but when a reviewer resets to that point it is only resetting x and z” because that step needed x, y, and z to be in a particular state.

My download and upload bandwidth rates are not equal.

My wallet goes on my bedside dresser on a yellow piece of cloth that is also where my phone goes to charge. I will walk through the house to put it there whenever I get home. Wallet goes on yellow thing by the bed.

Haven’t misplaced it for over a decade. Misplaced it frequently before that.

Repetition!

If a place is the logical one for me I make sure there is something physically there to confirm it is the right place. A key rack, colorful shallow bowl, a stationary object that I can associate with the tight place after 60 or so times, etc.

A place is only the logical place when I remember putting it there or it is the first place I checked. All other places can be logical, but aren’t the most logical place.

Some things take years for me to find the right place…

People keep telling me I am driven but I don’t think it is that so much as a constant need for stimulation/novelty that drives me forward.

Pretty sure that is what driven means.

Meds didn’t remove the feeling that I should be doing something else, although it certainly helped with focusing on the stuff I enjoyed at work. Made huge strides, but after a decade the people based problems have tended to stick in memory stronger than the positives and I’m getting burned out on people as opposed to the work. Not even terrible people, well meaning people who just have unrealistic wants and needs and too much to do.

Even with meds I can get overwhelmed when there are too many competing goals and I know there isn’t enough time to get them all done. Too much energy is spent trying to mitigate the fallout from the ones that don’t work out.