[tjkrusinski]

Glad to see this article focus on more than distractibility. In my mid twenties I struggled with managing impulsive behavior. I would regularly say inappropriate things in meetings, unable to understand why I said what I said.

After a lot of work in therapy and many different types and dosages of medications, I'm in a better spot. I've turned what was a problem into something I'm proud of.

Through putting my foot in my mouth so many times, I've grown an ability to say the hard, uncomfortable things. Building a lot of empathy and mental processes has helped me be able to approach conversations and situations head on with (some amount of) grace. I'm a better manager because of it.

However, humor is a requirement for working with me, it's a way I've diverted the impulsive thoughts into something less abrasive. I often wish I didn't make so many remarks or jokes but on balance it's not too bad.

[smnrg]

Rejoice, you have a spark of humanity left in you—even in a corporate environment.

Which is usually a requirement to be hired in my team.

I vastly prefer direct, humorous, and respectful coworkers like you over perfectly controlled machines.

[brailsafe]

Are you hiring frontend people?

[smnrg]

I'm sorry, I work as Creative Manager—so usually that means designers (for either content or UX) or various other roles like motion artists. But no new positions at this time—still recovering from some cuts.

[kulahan]

Are you me? I had no idea multiple people used jokes to hide their outbursts. I definitely have made some jokes that made me think "that was way too edgy for this environment, why did I say that?", but thankfully none have gone over poorly... yet.

[swalsh]

> I've grown an ability to say the hard, uncomfortable things

An underrated employee with a superpower every org needs.