Stimulants Are the Killer of Generalists
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> I hate specialization. Its fragile. Throughout history, generalists have reigned.
To folks outside the IT industry, I'm a specialist. To those inside, I'm a generalist. My job is solving whatever tech issue the customer has - including working with systems I have no experience with.
To folks outside the IT industry, I'm a specialist. To those inside, I'm a generalist. My job is solving whatever tech issue the customer has - including working with systems I have no experience with.
> Stimulants come at tradeoffs.
They really haven't had a downside for me. They hugely enable my functionality. I've no desire to take more than I need. If I stop cold turkey, I return to my default unfocused state. That's everything.
As far as I have issues with stims, they're typically due to harmful decisions by the DEA (because LEO are a poor choice for making medical policy).
They really haven't had a downside for me. They hugely enable my functionality. I've no desire to take more than I need. If I stop cold turkey, I return to my default unfocused state. That's everything.
As far as I have issues with stims, they're typically due to harmful decisions by the DEA (because LEO are a poor choice for making medical policy).
If you try to quit something, you need to be patient. Like really patient. You can't know what its like until you've given it a few years -- especially if you've been taking them since you were a child. A whole new world might await you if you can figure this bit out.
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Stimulants come at tradeoffs.
I've come to realize that people with ADHD are: - Observant - Social - Generalist
I've also come to notice that I am: - Specialist - Zombie - Anti Social
"Locked-in" = specialist.
I hate specialization. Its fragile. Throughout history, generalists have reigned. Entrepreneurs are generalists. I want to be an entrepreneur.
I work a job now. Software Engineering. Im left wondering, what will I do if I leave the stimulants? I dont vouch for the life I live, at all. I will find a way out of it.
Im not an introvert. Yet I've grown as one. Its isolating, seeing people socialize and strangely feeling out of place.
I've confirmed all of this through trial and error. Dropping the stimulants, going back on them.
Its an odd discovery in your 20s that you are a completely different person than you had thought.
The world becomes beautiful when you see it raw for the first time. Food tastes wonderful. Moments become magical and powerful. It feels tingly to make someone laugh and converse deeply. I dont believe there are many people who've experienced the difference so suddenly.