Comments on: Top 10 Advantages of ADHD in a High Tech Career http://adultaddstrengths.com/2006/02/09/top-10-advantages-of-add-in-a-high-tech-career/ A Blog about Adults with Attention Surplus Condition (aka ADHD) by Adult ADHD Coach Pete Quily Fri, 18 May 2012 21:34:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Pete Quily http://adultaddstrengths.com/2006/02/09/top-10-advantages-of-add-in-a-high-tech-career/comment-page-4/#comment-1505223 Pete Quily Thu, 19 Apr 2012 02:46:34 +0000 http://adultaddstrengths.com/2006/02/09/top-10-advantages-of-add-in-a-high-tech-career/#comment-1505223 you're welcome Paul, my parents had a commodore 64 but took 30 minutes to set it up to write a letter so I never used computers til Macs in 1985. I've used them a lot since then. interesting theory about cybercriminals and hackers.<a href="http://adultaddstrengths.com/2011/01/12/adhd-and-crime-ignore-now-jail-later-15-clinical-studies/" rel="nofollow"> 21-45% of prisoners in jail have ADHD</a> so it is possible you’re welcome Paul, my parents had a commodore 64 but took 30 minutes to set it up to write a letter so I never used computers til Macs in 1985. I’ve used them a lot since then. interesting theory about cybercriminals and hackers. 21-45% of prisoners in jail have ADHD so it is possible

]]> By: Paul Kim http://adultaddstrengths.com/2006/02/09/top-10-advantages-of-add-in-a-high-tech-career/comment-page-4/#comment-1505136 Paul Kim Wed, 18 Apr 2012 13:39:15 +0000 http://adultaddstrengths.com/2006/02/09/top-10-advantages-of-add-in-a-high-tech-career/#comment-1505136 Hi Pete, Thank you for your article. I have always wondered why I could never finish my homework. My parents thought I was retarded. Its a good thing they bought me a computer when I was only 11 years old (early back then). I still have the very same broken Commodore 64 today. My ADHD has made my life hell, rogue actions, bad relationships, hard to fit in the workplace and that explosive anger which scares the hell out of everyone including myself. However, I am very lucky the two or three "real friends" one of them being my wife have stuck by me. A strong family discipline and honor has keep me from turning to a life of crime. I believe many cyber criminals and hackers must be ADHD. I also believe "my Faith", a belief in the cosmic order of things and my rejection of Quantum theory -Chaos theory is the reason that I will be inevitably successful. Thanks again, Paul Kim Hi Pete,

Thank you for your article. I have always wondered why I could never finish my homework. My parents thought I was retarded. Its a good thing they bought me a computer when I was only 11 years old (early back then). I still have the very same broken Commodore 64 today. My ADHD has made my life hell, rogue actions, bad relationships, hard to fit in the workplace and that explosive anger which scares the hell out of everyone including myself.

However, I am very lucky the two or three “real friends” one of them being my wife have stuck by me. A strong family discipline and honor has keep me from turning to a life of crime. I believe many cyber criminals and hackers must be ADHD.

I also believe “my Faith”, a belief in the cosmic order of things and my rejection of Quantum theory -Chaos theory is the reason that I will be inevitably successful.

Thanks again,
Paul Kim

]]> By: Pete Quily http://adultaddstrengths.com/2006/02/09/top-10-advantages-of-add-in-a-high-tech-career/comment-page-4/#comment-1490419 Pete Quily Mon, 23 Jan 2012 14:50:29 +0000 http://adultaddstrengths.com/2006/02/09/top-10-advantages-of-add-in-a-high-tech-career/#comment-1490419 Hi Randy, not all coaches work with students or teens. I don't but some do. Try www.adhdcoaches.org go to find a coach and type in teens to find one. Make sure your 10th grader is open ready and willing to change vs just you, otherwise it won't work. Good luck and remember ADHD is 80% genetic Hi Randy, not all coaches work with students or teens. I don’t but some do. Try http://www.adhdcoaches.org go to find a coach and type in teens to find one. Make sure your 10th grader is open ready and willing to change vs just you, otherwise it won’t work. Good luck and remember ADHD is 80% genetic

]]> By: Randy Stank http://adultaddstrengths.com/2006/02/09/top-10-advantages-of-add-in-a-high-tech-career/comment-page-4/#comment-1490393 Randy Stank Mon, 23 Jan 2012 11:27:22 +0000 http://adultaddstrengths.com/2006/02/09/top-10-advantages-of-add-in-a-high-tech-career/#comment-1490393 In selecting 11th grade high school courses for my 10th grader who has ADHD , your info helps verify what we've been seeing. I like the idea of an ADHD coach. Where would we find one? In selecting 11th grade high school courses for my 10th grader who has ADHD , your info helps verify what we’ve been seeing. I like the idea of an ADHD coach. Where would we find one?

]]> By: Kimberley Taylor http://adultaddstrengths.com/2006/02/09/top-10-advantages-of-add-in-a-high-tech-career/comment-page-4/#comment-1489871 Kimberley Taylor Fri, 20 Jan 2012 17:53:35 +0000 http://adultaddstrengths.com/2006/02/09/top-10-advantages-of-add-in-a-high-tech-career/#comment-1489871 Well, Just read everything you all said over this time period at least it is all up to date or else I would not have made this comment, cut it short is I am 99% sure I have ADD I discoverd this 2 weeks ago, I am female and 29 married no kids yet my life has been tough I am from UK and I live in South Africa, I have always thought I was different, i"m going to get diagnoised next week I know it will take a few times to do this, bear with me I am new to this already been doing my research, I have been working on my own in sales, running a show room in South africa which needs to have aleast 3 people working I am doing every thing, things I am not even trained for which I learn very quick, but a point with regards to multitasking is that in some tasks I can do 10 things at the same time but if it come's to money (maths) I need full consentration this reflects in all areas of my life where for example my husband would say your a women you can multitask (I'm Cooking and he wants me to lissen to him talking about an issue and I cannot do it, If some one wants to talk to me about something I want to give them all my attention or else I will miss what they are saying,) If I miss what they are saying in conversation's I'm stupid, any way I don't think this is the place for me to talk about this but I relised I have ADD from being alone working my ass off with no interuptions from how un focused in some tasked I can be. so even though I am alone in the work place I discoverd myself, but I am so board I end up hoping from one task to the other and prolonging my dead lines. I keep myself busy doing the work but just not stimulating I know where my strenths are in the job but just no staff to take the other work on and leave me do what I feel I am there for and now I just want to run any way its fustrated me so much, I feel I should be working for myself so I spend time on the web I want to develop somthing but I still feel lost, I really noticed that I learn very quick on the computer, but I am also very creative person and I don't seem to have the time to grow in that area. I am trying to please to much in the things that do not interest me in order to just feel normal. does any one relate to this? well I will check out your website's, not sure of my point but please advise. Thank you Well, Just read everything you all said over this time period at least it is all up to date or else I would not have made this comment, cut it short is I am 99% sure I have ADD I discoverd this 2 weeks ago, I am female and 29 married no kids yet my life has been tough I am from UK and I live in South Africa, I have always thought I was different, i”m going to get diagnoised next week I know it will take a few times to do this, bear with me I am new to this already been doing my research, I have been working on my own in sales, running a show room in South africa which needs to have aleast 3 people working I am doing every thing, things I am not even trained for which I learn very quick, but a point with regards to multitasking is that in some tasks I can do 10 things at the same time but if it come’s to money (maths) I need full consentration this reflects in all areas of my life where for example my husband would say your a women you can multitask (I’m Cooking and he wants me to lissen to him talking about an issue and I cannot do it, If some one wants to talk to me about something I want to give them all my attention or else I will miss what they are saying,) If I miss what they are saying in conversation’s I’m stupid, any way I don’t think this is the place for me to talk about this but I relised I have ADD from being alone working my ass off with no interuptions from how un focused in some tasked I can be. so even though I am alone in the work place I discoverd myself, but I am so board I end up hoping from one task to the other and prolonging my dead lines. I keep myself busy doing the work but just not stimulating I know where my strenths are in the job but just no staff to take the other work on and leave me do what I feel I am there for and now I just want to run any way its fustrated me so much, I feel I should be working for myself so I spend time on the web I want to develop somthing but I still feel lost, I really noticed that I learn very quick on the computer, but I am also very creative person and I don’t seem to have the time to grow in that area. I am trying to please to much in the things that do not interest me in order to just feel normal. does any one relate to this? well I will check out your website’s, not sure of my point but please advise. Thank you

]]> By: Randy Stank http://adultaddstrengths.com/2006/02/09/top-10-advantages-of-add-in-a-high-tech-career/comment-page-4/#comment-1487110 Randy Stank Sun, 08 Jan 2012 12:09:35 +0000 http://adultaddstrengths.com/2006/02/09/top-10-advantages-of-add-in-a-high-tech-career/#comment-1487110 I have a 10th grader with ADHD who has a great sense of humor and loves computer games. He has to make course selections soon for 11th grade and we'd love to start channeling him into a career that he could love and be successful with. Any help with this would be greatly appreciated. Thanks....Randy Stank I have a 10th grader with ADHD who has a great sense of humor and loves computer games. He has to make course selections soon for 11th grade and we’d love to start channeling him into a career that he could love and be successful with. Any help with this would be greatly appreciated. Thanks….Randy Stank

]]> By: Pete Quily http://adultaddstrengths.com/2006/02/09/top-10-advantages-of-add-in-a-high-tech-career/comment-page-4/#comment-1485421 Pete Quily Sun, 01 Jan 2012 03:13:08 +0000 http://adultaddstrengths.com/2006/02/09/top-10-advantages-of-add-in-a-high-tech-career/#comment-1485421 There is always hope Heather. If you learn how to manage your adhd more effectively it will help. Here are the <a href="http://adultaddstrengths.com/2008/02/21/top-10-ways-to-manage-adult-adhd/" rel="nofollow">Top 10 Ways to Manage Adult ADHD</a> There is always hope Heather. If you learn how to manage your adhd more effectively it will help.

Here are the Top 10 Ways to Manage Adult ADHD

]]> By: Heather http://adultaddstrengths.com/2006/02/09/top-10-advantages-of-add-in-a-high-tech-career/comment-page-4/#comment-1484635 Heather Thu, 29 Dec 2011 06:01:52 +0000 http://adultaddstrengths.com/2006/02/09/top-10-advantages-of-add-in-a-high-tech-career/#comment-1484635 I feel like a complete outcast. I am 37 years old, married with 2 teen girls & I have no job (was fired from my last one). I am in college, but going at a turtles pace. I have ADD ( not the hyper-activity - ADHD) - I take FOREVER to get things done & forget things continuously. Is there hope for me in the "carreer world"? I feel like a complete outcast. I am 37 years old, married with 2 teen girls & I have no job (was fired from my last one). I am in college, but going at a turtles pace. I have ADD ( not the hyper-activity – ADHD) – I take FOREVER to get things done & forget things continuously. Is there hope for me in the “carreer world”?

]]> By: Joseph Tierney http://adultaddstrengths.com/2006/02/09/top-10-advantages-of-add-in-a-high-tech-career/comment-page-4/#comment-1481237 Joseph Tierney Sat, 17 Dec 2011 06:22:30 +0000 http://adultaddstrengths.com/2006/02/09/top-10-advantages-of-add-in-a-high-tech-career/#comment-1481237 I'm currently working on my dissertation for a Masters in Information Systems Management. I'm highly interested in scholarly articles on this topic. Specifically, I'm looking for articles that correlate ADD/ADHD OCD Asperger spectrum with IT professionals. 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]]> By: I love my ADHD! http://adultaddstrengths.com/2006/02/09/top-10-advantages-of-add-in-a-high-tech-career/comment-page-4/#comment-1477408 I love my ADHD! Wed, 30 Nov 2011 17:16:20 +0000 http://adultaddstrengths.com/2006/02/09/top-10-advantages-of-add-in-a-high-tech-career/#comment-1477408 [...] Read the complete article here: Top 10 Advantages of ADHD in a High Tech Career [...] [...] Read the complete article here: Top 10 Advantages of ADHD in a High Tech Career [...]

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