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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]+1 for sales. Or a field specialist or technician who goes to different sites. I had a coworker with unmedicated ADHD, and I felt bad because he always seemed to be sabotaging himself. Missing deadlines, then staying up late, then sleeping late and missing meetings, etc.

I hope when your family member is a full adult and not relying on her parents, she can seek better medical advice. [/quote]

Anxiety and sales are a bad fit; social anxiety even more so.  I’m skeptical of previous ADHD poster in sales, as there is a lot of detailed boring work in closings deals, and with kids in college would be kind of old to have been diagnosed as ADHD unless as adult.

Field specialist is good suggestion, or anything in operations or logistics where you have daily changing tasks often acting in response to stimuli rather than having to sit down and focus on one thing for a long time. Medicine is good too if you can run the gauntlet of med school. ER doc is all on response shift work.  [/quote]

That's me. My H was diagnosed as an adult, when our DC1 was diagnosed with ADD at KKI in middle school. He's always been in biotech and there is very little paperwork involved,  and the job is not boring.  The industry hires former FDA attorneys who deal with the very convoluted process of the FDA approvals and have separate divisions dealing with Medicare billing codes and insurance reimbursement. 
We have a very close friend from college who is an attorney, went to Harvard Law, clerked for a prestigious position and he has ADHD and pretty severe anxiety.  He's medicated for ADHD and does a lot of meditation for anxiety.  He's the type to thrive on routines. [/quote]

I guess if your industry doesn't really work on the details of a deal, but showing costs, savings, profit potentional, etc is part of many industries sales presentation.  Maybe in biotech it is a more rarefied market and you just say "it's approved for this disease, so buy it" is all that you need? in the past it was very much about wining and dining doctors and medical staff, since they aren't ultimately as concerned about costs (borne by insurance and gov) unlike selling to a business who is spending their own money.[/quote]

Yes, this is how my FIL made millions for years, however the newer ethics laws put a stop to all that, rightfully so. There are very strict now on the wining and dining part, which was out of control. My H is in devices and the industry is very much tech driven now. There is a lot of cost benefit analysis in managing a P&L line, but that's not boring and there is no paperwork. It is intense and constantly changing,  which fits my H's personality.
I'm a fed, so I'm on the totally opposite side of the spectrum.  I worked in IB on Wall Street and hated it.. In another life, I'd be a park ranger or environmental worker, gardener. I like peace and quiet and nature. [/quote]

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