I was one of those "gifted children that was too lazy" and my mother was one of those "nothing can be wrong with my child or it reflects poorly on me!" and I got diagnosed with full blown ADHD at 29.

Therapy and drugs are great. And I'm glad you were aware enough to get your child tested. Early is for their best.

[–] Sabata11792@ani.social 35 points 1 month ago (3 children)

My parents called me lazy and unmotivated when I didn't have an executive position at Google right out of highschool wile also saying I'm wasting my life on computers.

Got a "life sucks, then you die" any time I had any problems.

I just want a low effort life where I can be cozy. I'd probably taste test another gun if my job was stressful.

[–] wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 19 points 1 month ago (1 children)

If you're tech inclined, look for tech positions at non-tech places. Sometimes they can be hell "we need you to be the entire technology division on the salary of a remote helpdesk worker", but there are rare places where you get to help and do cool tech stuff without the constant "climb the ladder or die" bullshit.

[–] Sabata11792@ani.social 18 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

I got that one figured out. I get to hide alone in the server room and only actually do a few hours of work when things are actually broken.
8/10-The pay is a bit crap and I have to wear pants.

[–] Backlog3231@reddthat.com 5 points 1 month ago

I have one of those too. Pretty busy rn because of a big migration for a platform I admin, but once that settles down, it'll be back to five hours of actual work a week. Mine is a union job, so the pay is pretty good for my col area. 9/10 do reccomend.

[–] MonkeMischief 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I couldn't help but think of this. XD

(Sorry it's not exactly an evergreen link but woo that's a lot of images...)

Anon works in I T

[–] Sabata11792@ani.social 2 points 1 month ago

Close but less incompetent, I hope...

[–] NegativeInf@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago

Same AF.

[–] Im_old@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Another gun?

[–] Sabata11792@ani.social 11 points 1 month ago

Too honest? I do sorta have my shit together currently, atleast.

[–] clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works 22 points 1 month ago (1 children)

My parents had a book titled "how to parent a retarded child". I guess they were trying?

[–] MonkeMischief 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Can I laugh? Dammit too late I'm sorry LMAO.

I bet that was a "fun" read. Yikes LOL

[–] clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 month ago

I was laughing pretty hard when I found it as an adult, I can tell you.