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by cbau 1090 days ago
> This rings true. I went to a reasonably well known engineering school, so...some selection for ADHD folks.

Can you expand on this. Do you think think engineering schools select for ADHD? Just curious, haven't heard this before.
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Thlom 1090 days ago
I think he means the other way around. Engineering fits for many neuro-divergent people. Especially ADHD and some types of autism.
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kjs3 1090 days ago
Yes, this. Sorry I was being a bit flippant and that wasn't clear.
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tokamak-teapot 1090 days ago
The hyperfocus which is a symptom of ADHD helps give the tenacity needed to make progress when faced with frustrating challenges.

In engineering, tenacity is absolutely required to make any progress at all, but there are also seemingly infinite threads to pull on.

If you’re in hyperfocus mode and you’re working on something, you don’t run out of interesting side tracks or ways to keep digging down through the foundations under what you’re working on.

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