Best jobs for ADHD

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Doctor or dentist or therapist.
Police officer, firefighter.
Politician. Judge.
Any job where you are a contractor who is an individual contributor.
Agree with above about working up to a supervisory role.

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Anonymous wrote:Lawyer with a secretary, CEO with a personal assistant. That’s our family anyway.

Lots is ADHD in my family and many of us are lawyers. I also work with several ADHD attorneys. This is a great field for people who can hyper focus and want to work hard.

I have an ADHD family member who started as a programmer and rose to senior-level management at several tech companies. He claims everyone in Silicone Valley has a diagnosis of some kind. DH is a lobbyist and has ADHD. I know successful ADHD people in commercial real estate.

There are many options, but it’s even more crucial for someone with ADHD than someone who is neurotypical that they enjoy what they’re doing.

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My DD with ADHD is a vet tech. It’s the perfect job for her as she is moving around a lot. Her “energy” is a plus.

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Anonymous wrote:Chef

This! We have lots of ADHD Chefs in my family.

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ADHD types are well suited for covering breaking news.

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Sales (account management, customer success), consulting, marketing, business development

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People with ADHD can do any job they want if they have learned to live with and adapt to the challenges presented. There are many helpful tools.

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Anonymous wrote:Sales

This!

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Anonymous wrote:Do really well as a SWE with ADHD. School was hell though.

What is an SWE?

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Something in their "blood", a passion, some kind of driving force!
If not then, they need a good routine job that's not stressful or crazy.

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Anonymous wrote:With ADHD, being The Boss is the best thing. Let other people remember what day the trash goes out and suffer the consequences if it is not done.
Those ADHD evaluations are modulated for gender. Your DD is going to be light years better at organizing than if she were a different gender. Good at math? Great with people?
Project manager at a tech company. Major in STEM.

Are you kidding? The project managers I know are some of the most detail oriented, timely and reliable people I know. I have mild ADHD and could tell you this type of job would be absolute torture.

ADHD doesn’t preclude being detail oriented, reliable, or even organized. The opposite, I’d say, if it’s something that interests you.

As long as you are hyperfocusing on the project, you can be kick ass project manager.

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Anonymous wrote:Police officer, I work in LE and more than half the officers I work with have it.

In LE one challenge is to control emotions during highly stressful and fast-moving situations to make good judgment calls. Someone with ADHD would need to be highly motivated to practice this skill.

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Anonymous wrote:Police officer, I work in LE and more than half the officers I work with have it.

In LE one challenge is to control emotions during highly stressful and fast-moving situations to make good judgment calls. Someone with ADHD would need to be highly motivated to practice this skill.

Not all ADHD is hyperactive. Controlling emotions has never been a problem with the ADHD people in my family and they are a rock under pressure.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Do really well as a SWE with ADHD. School was hell though.

What is an SWE?

Software Engineer