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throwaway1988-5··on Books that changed my career as a software engineer
A little trick for technical articles that I've found is to use screen readers.
throwaway1988-5··on Books that changed my career as a software engineer
Found out that I have ADHD. Never managed to read any books about programming, after a few pages my brain starts making up excuses to do other things and I start rereading the same paragraph over and over again.

No issues doing the actual programming, could sit for hours on end without any issues.

One nifty thing about my ADHD is that something that was super interesting can become dull as hell. For no apparent reason.

Issues with focus, staying on task and motivation are generic issues that everyone has. Just like everyone gets sad or down sometimes. When it becomes a constant problem that affects your life, that's when it becomes a depression and needs treatment. ADHD is similar, except that it doesn't really come and go but is more of an undulating constant.