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by iLoveOncall 1215 days ago
No, because being tall is a prime factor when hiring NBA players, but having ADHD is not when hiring software engineers.
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Being tall gives you an obvious advantage at basketball. As a result many tall people are drawn to pursuing a career in basketball. Could it be that ADHD gives you an advantage at the kind of tasks involved in software engineering, and that many people with ADHD are naturally drawn to this kind of work, even though the advantage is not so obvious as a physical characteristic like height?
Perhaps ADHD people are more susceptible to the attention-hijacking effects of computers and software.

So they decide they should go on to work with software since it keeps distracting them from everything else.

Ironic that they end up building even more psychologically exploitative software that hijacks our attention

The traits often looked for in software engineers when hiring can often bear a striking similarity to the traits an ADHD or autistic person may display.