Do software engineers at your company take ADD meds? I have noticed a few (new) engineers do this at our workplace. They do contribute a lot to the team and have more focus and as a senior engineer I am beginning to feel like I am lagging behind them in my deliverables. Wondering if FAANG engineers also take ADD meds to keep up with work demands?
Fuck that’s genius and also probably terrible for you
Or maybe, people with ADD are naturally drawn to the nature of engineering. I have been extremely ADD my whole life, and programming is one thing that works really well with my brain chemistry.
Does it mean I have ADD too if my brain is drawn towards engineering?
Yes dumb ass.
I read two books that reference this, Deep Work, and Smarter Better Faster. Productive people drink caffeine and eat adderall or sudaphed. It’s just 🧬 DNA.
i hear crack cocaine is good too
People love crack. I’d stick with coffee and matcha.
On my team, we all pass around adderall during the standup and pop a pill, part of our daily ritual.
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Great idea! I will bring that up as things we can improve upon during our next team retrospective.
Google “adderall crash” and also addiction. It has short term gains and long term problems.
I wouldn’t recommend drugs. People use them. I think that could certainly give them an advantage. In the case of high performers, correlation is not causation. They just happen to have ADD, they happen to pop an addy, they happen to be more confident, and they happen to bull doze anyone in their way. That’s in their nature. Drinking coffee and being energetic is their thing. They love it. They also do things like scuba dive and jump out of planes. Adderral doesn’t help them, it enhances them. They can, and often do, learn how to produce drugs while in a meditative flow state. Real smart people can achieve this. Adderral takers who don’t have ADD get high. People with ADD who take it don’t get high on it or addicted to it. Nor do they crash. They use it as a way to learn how to remap their nueropathways and get into flow naturally with coffee, music, and eating healthy.
By the way, how did you notice? What did you see? That sounds strange. I don’t think I’d be open about that if I didn’t need the medicine. Even then, I wouldn’t take medicine in front of anyone.
I didn't 'see' anything. People on drugs talk a lot.
Wow that’s incredibly awkward.
Yes, but I’ve been taking addy since I was 15 bc I have ADHD. (I get it prescribed)
Yes but how hard is it to get prescription? How much focus is too little?
I have ADHD. You should work in flow state. I don’t need meds anymore. No doctor will want to give you meds as an adult. They are very paranoid about it.
I'm sure some do. An engineer on my team works long hours and rarely eats. I have ADD so I take medication daily. If you don't have a condition, don't take it. It's not worth it because your body will burn out eventually. If I don't find what I'm doing interesting, I cannot focus even if I'm on medication anyway.
I created a poll for this a while back. It had a surprisingly high number of stimulant takers
Yes. And you should too.
Only if you want addiction to follow you around the rest of your life. Read some stories about people who tried to get off Adderall after several years of use. Unless truly required for medical needs I would steer clear. Those drugs are super strong and your brain quickly creates a dependency.