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| Jan 31, 2019 at 15:04 | comment | added | Joe | @SSight3 : nope, meant to tag in the people talking about ADD. I have the same situation as you .... lots of thinking about things, then a massive brain dump (the 'hyper focus' bit) to get it all done | |
| Jan 31, 2019 at 12:54 | comment | added | SE Does Not Like Dissent | @Joe I think you meant to tag in SolarFlare rather than myself, but have a free upvote for useful information. | |
| Jan 30, 2019 at 17:25 | comment | added | busman | The same happens to me. To the outside observer I am always derping around (actually, my boss never approached me on an instance where I was not on social media or whatever), but the truth is that I need to have this attention split on order to concentrate and deliver my otherwise pretty solid work. | |
| Jan 30, 2019 at 15:11 | comment | added | Joe | @SSight3 : (same thing as the last one) : For the depression, I found the book Lost Connections by Johann Hari to be insightful. He talks about the need for meaningful work, people you can rely on, connection to society, etc. and avoiding 'junk values' like thinking buying something will make you happy. Here's a short video, but the music makes it seem sketchy. Longer but better: opendemocracy.net/uk/benjamin-ramm/… | |
| Jan 30, 2019 at 14:10 | comment | added | Joe | @RichardU (only tagging him so he sees this, too), really replying to solarflare : It's this one by Hallowell and Ratey. (I read the pre-revised version). There's also a group CHADD that was originally for children w/ ADD, but has since grown to include adults. (I found the book to be more useful than the website, though). It's counterintuitive, but ADD medications are often stimulants -- so if caffeine calms you down and helps you think clearly, there's a good chance you have it. | |
| Jan 29, 2019 at 21:45 | comment | added | solarflare | @LordFarquaad "My teacher said, "if I called on Lord Farquaad, he'd be able to tell me everything we were talking about today" - had a very similar primary school experience but it was because I was reading encyclopedias in my spare time and already knew pretty much everything before I came to class. So I was just picking at other kids, being disruptive in class. And the teachers couldnt do much because anything they asked I had the right (or better) answer. | |
| Jan 29, 2019 at 21:38 | comment | added | solarflare | @Joe "depression, anxiety" yep, unfortunately I have these. Who's the author, there are several books with that title | |
| Jan 28, 2019 at 23:19 | comment | added | Joe | It's called ADD (or 'inattentive' type ADHD, like @LordFarquaad). Many of us can still hyperfocus under the right conditions, like what @RichardU described. It's worth reading up on, because people with ADD are at higher risk of depression, anxiety, and addiction. I wouldn't suggest medication, but knowing about it can help you explain things better to friends & co-workers and help you avoid problems. I recommend the book "Driven to Distraction", but it took me 6 months to read it (in 5 minute chunks) | |
| Jan 28, 2019 at 20:47 | comment | added | solarflare | Now I'm really interested in knowing what this condition is called, seems I'm not the only one. | |
| Jan 28, 2019 at 14:55 | comment | added | Thorbjørn Ravn Andersen | If the problem is that others can see it then consider rewarding him for his good work with an office with a door that closes so he can concentrate and others not see what he is doing. | |
| Jan 27, 2019 at 12:33 | comment | added | SE Does Not Like Dissent | I find coding in my personal experience is primarily design (95% I feel). Once I have the design I can write out the code non-stop. But during the design phase I 'potter about', watching history videos, perusing stack exchange, reading news articles, which to the casual observer looks like slacking, but it levels the stress of working out an optimal design solution to a complex problem. So first I seem behind my peers, but then suddenly I'll roll past them and have the answers to a lot of problems. I'm doing it right now. | |
| Jan 26, 2019 at 17:19 | comment | added | WoJ | @LordFarquaad: people who know me realized that the more I draw random geometric figures when they speak, the more intense is my listening. Some started to use that as a measure :) I aslo tend to walk around when the conversation gets interesting. | |
| Jan 25, 2019 at 19:50 | comment | added | Old_Lamplighter | @LordFarquaad One time, I put on Ramsstein, went into a coding trance, and did a weeks worth of work in an afternoon. You're right, everyone is different. | |
| Jan 25, 2019 at 19:49 | comment | added | Old_Lamplighter | Cheers. I'm in the same boat. Finished one 10 week project in three, with the time left over, turned a steaming pile of bad code to process in 5 minutes when it was taking 10 hours. My improvements save the company 50k + per month. They don't care if I stand on my head at this point. when they need something, they'll get it. | |
| Jan 25, 2019 at 16:12 | comment | added | Lord Farquaad | I think some people are just wired to function better with some background activity, I've been that way for as long as I remember. Our parents were allowed to sit in on a class when I was in 3rd grade, and my mom told my teacher she was worried because I was just drawing and fidgeting the entire class and not paying attention. My teacher said, "if I called on Lord Farquaad, he'd be able to tell me everything we were talking about today. If I made him sit still and focus, he wouldn't learn anything." ~20 years later, there has been no change whatsoever. | |
| Jan 25, 2019 at 15:19 | comment | added | UnhandledExcepSean | @Strawberry The certainly aren't going to answer themselves | |
| Jan 25, 2019 at 14:13 | comment | added | Myles | "If he's working well leave him alone", also be prepared to point to his output if anyone (above, lateral, or below) points to him as lack of discipline or a negative example. "If anyone outperforms their peers by the margin he does, I'm very reluctant to push them to change their working process." is a good enough answer for most people. | |
| Jan 25, 2019 at 10:26 | comment | added | Strawberry | How else would all these Steck Exchange questions get answered!?! | |
| Jan 25, 2019 at 5:57 | comment | added | user2818782 | > "If he's working well leave him alone, concentrate on his productivity rather than how he achieves it." Yes! This. But try to explain it to managers. | |
| Jan 24, 2019 at 22:56 | history | answered | solarflare | CC BY-SA 4.0 |