> Real ADHD, not some self-diagnosed or casual self-deprecation.
How would you know?
This number is totally unrealistic when the prevalence in the adult population is 2-4%.
Unless you work with 3 people, one of which has ADHD.
How would you know?
This number is totally unrealistic when the prevalence in the adult population is 2-4%.
Unless you work with 3 people, one of which has ADHD.
I wouldn’t be surprised if there’s a larger percent population of ADHD in MAANG tech vs in the general population.
But to try and counter myself, there’s typically a larger population of ADHD (or it’s permutations) in trade jobs (though I argue programming is a trade skill, just a new breed in our digital age. Though I digress)
Just for another fun data point.
Also, there are some jobs someone with ADHD will have a lot of trouble keeping. Jobs that benefit from hyperfocus are not among them. Many therapists will suggest careers like engineering, tech or writer (perhaps technical) for precisely that reason. So you would expect highly elevated rates of ADHD in those fields.
I certainly think it's plausible that there's certain sectors that see a prevalence well in excess of the general population. And there's enough variance between companies that some will be even higher.
30% does sound rather high but "laughable" implies the person you are replying to has stated something so far beyond that that mockery is the only appropriate response.
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
Small groups can differ significantly from the population average more easily than large groups.
I myself do suspect people of having the condition without being a hundred percent certain they have it or know it themselves.