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Aug 2024
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#473: Being a developer with ADHD

MICHAEL KENNEDY
About this episode
Do you feel like ADHD is holding you back? Maybe you don't personally have ADHD but you work with folks who do and you'd like to support them better. Either way, how ADHD interplays with programming and programmers is pretty fascinating. On this episode we have Chris Ferdinandi who himself has ADHD and has written a lot about it to share his journey and his advice for thriving with ADHD as a programmer or data scientist.

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Chris on Mastodon: @cferdinandi
ADHD FTW Talk Python Page: adhdftw.com
Building a Second Brain: buildingasecondbrain.com
Building a Second Brain Book: buildingasecondbrain.com
White Collar Jobs are Just Meetings: theatlantic.com
Article with Fighting Duck-Sized Horses Agile: mensurdurakovic.com
Nothing Phone: nothing.tech
Apple Watch: apple.com
Todoist: todoist.com
Anytype (open source Notion): anytype.io
Obsidian: obsidian.md
Watch this episode on YouTube: youtube.com
Episode transcripts: talkpython.fm

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