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It's not about being human or not. In a very early stage startup you just simply cannot always afford the investment (time and/or money) needed to create a flexible enough environment to support someone who struggles with things like staying focused or working at a fast pace.

And that's okay. Startups are a little over-romanticized anyway.

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> someone who struggles with things like staying focused or working at a fast pace.

You might be surprised by the hyper-focus abilities of folks with ADHD.

Keep in mind that your perception is skewed by selection bias — you probably already know many productive coworkers that never told you they have ADHD.

Perhaps ADHD comes in many forms and severities. My wife has ADHD and her ability to "hyper-focus" is about as good as my ability to breath under water.

My experience of ADHD is that I hyperfocus on work because it's interesting. I'd basically do the same thing without medication, but I wouldn't be able to do my laundry or cook dinner at the end of the day because I'd be exhausted.

ADHD symptoms are a multidimensional spectrum [citation needed], and so-called normal people lie somewhere on that spectrum. Making affordances for folks with ADHD is a win for everyone. For example: write meeting notes and assign action items, use a bug tracker, ask people if the process works for them.

It absolutely does.

The fact that you think it takes so much work to do that means you don’t understand how it works.

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