do you prefer to be a generalist or a specialist, esp. if you have ADHD?

[Anonymous]

I've never been diagnosed but tend to suspect that the reason I'm not where I want to be career-wise is that I have some form of attention disorder. As is often the case with girls, I was quiet in class and got good grades so no one cared that I was bored and spaced out all the time. As an adult, I've done ok, but have had trouble focusing on a career path and am getting frustrated seeing people with comparable skill and education get ahead of me.

In any case, I recently moved from being in a job with limited variety to a consulting environment where my assignments are much more diverse. In some ways, it's great to have the chance to work on EVERYTHING. In others, it's hard enough to adapt to a new job without having so many things to have to be good at. So now I'm missing specialization.

Has anyone found from experience that you prefer to be a generalist or a specialist? Which is better for people with ADHD, do you think?

[Anonymous]

I definitely have ADHD and am a COO. It's perfect for me. It keeps my interest b/c things change so often. I'm constantly running around and needing to know different thing. I am a lawyer and was terrible at that b/c I hated sitting down for that long. It was boring.

[Anonymous]

I'm a lawyer and was bored crazy when I was a specialist. Now I'm a generalist in-house and absolutely love the work. No two days are the same and I never know what issue I'll have to deal with.