The Best Career for ADHD

What's the best career when you have ADHD? It really depends on two things.

Finding a job that maximizes the things you do well and minimizes where you struggle.

I was naturally funny but struggled with a short attention span. Which turned out to be perfect for writing, performing and directing skit comedy.

This video features: Linda Walker, PCC; Wilma Fellman, M.Ed, LPC; Dr Mark Berner, Edward (Ned) Hallowell, MD; Steven Kurtz, PhD, ABPP, Margaret Weiss, MD, PhD, FRCP(C); Anthony Rostain, MD, MA

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[pleasurentuli]

I couldn't even pay attention to this video.. i just stopped it and went straight to the comments 😊

[BeeBee-ddrr]

Working outdoors in plant nursery. Using hands, wind on face, fresh air in lungs, green around which is most relaxing colour.

[blindguyaudiophile]

Blind person with ADHD trying to learn programming
(Aiming for backend / cyber security)
Wish me luck

[desmondwagner]

As a teacher with ADHD, I was brilliant at delivering lessons, competent and animated. My tests that I sent were excellent. I hyperfocused on developing lessons, setting tests and even marking them. However, as you can imagine, teaching is 5% teaching and 95% administration. I was always late to submit marks and completing mundane tasks due to procrastination.

As luck would have it, we got a flaky remedial teacher at my school. After taking them to task, my senior management split the post and offered me senior remedial teaching. Teaching without the administrative burden, I was truly able to help kids. I was so fortunate.

[pawlee]

"Marry the right person and find the right job" good luck with that.

[amandabeaty]

Let's see... I've been a cashier, stock person, order picker, receptionist, file clerk, legal assistant, accounting, then I got diagnosed with predominantly inattentive ADHD and have worked in logistics, delivered car parts, delivered drunk people, had the best job in the world when I moved to Ireland, had to move back from Ireland and worked as a dispatcher, cashier (again), event assistant, recruitment, and I just lost my last job as an admin assistant.

I realise why the job in Ireland was so kick ass was because it was not in Canada. I had no tight deadlines, I had ample time off, didn't have to wait a year for a vacation. The people were much, much easier to deal with, I wasn't glued to my desk, I had a variety of tasks, I had no overtime, it wasn't boring and it wasn't stressful. That job doesn't exist in Canada because we were meant to work for 70 hours a week at a job for 50 years until we can't afford to retire. We live to work in this country and I hate that.

[mnmlst]

I have such a crippling Adhd that I'd spend 20 years unemployed, or (rarely) making gigs that wouldn't even pay for more than 2 plates of food a month, living with my parents.

I'm turning 42 and it's been 3 months I'm finally employed. I only landed this job because they liked my resume that was focused on my hardships and my volunteer work over the years, and it's a neurodiversity friendly company. Now I can pay for food, rent, bills, medication, therapy, and saving a little bit (I live in a third world country).

I know I'm EXTREMELY lucky, and most of the time I don't even believe this is real, but everyday I'm anxious that I might mess up and lose this job, or suffer a layoff.

Funny thing is I'm still during training, doing lots of incredible courses for free, and I'll work as a designer.

[IceWolfe]

I've literally tried EVERYTHING... I worked security at hospitals, colleges, and a paper mill, sales for pet stores and clothing stores, camp counseling at a children's summer camp, package delivery, animal control, I'm a certified dog trainer (3 locations), ESL teacher, ran a warehouse, hardware store, worked as an automotive body technician/painter, and I currently work as a dog groomer...

Honestly, what I've found is that the type of work that I do DOES NOT MATTER. I can do anything that I set my mind to. It's all 100% based on the management of that business. If they are not willing to be understanding of my ADHD and work with me, the job doesn't pan out. 99% of the time, management just puts more and more pressure on me over time and begins to micromanage EVERYTHING that I do.

I usually quit when this starts to happen... When I can't take it anymore. The 5% of jobs that I was let go for were usually about the small things and never about work performance (i.e. when the pharmacy had a shortage of my medication, and I was habitually 2-3 minutes late. Which I did explain to my manager, but of course I wasn't "trying hard enough"). Or when the micromanaging had become so intense that it was to the point I was having anxiety attacks at work.

In total, I've worked at 17 different jobs and I'm only 34. I have completely given up. My friends and family know me as the "person who knows/can do everything" but I absolutely cannot work in this society... My only hope now is to add a dog groomer's certification to my other dog training certifications and start my own business so that I don't have to answer to anyone anymore for WHY I do things. (I'm sorry current manager I used a FLEA COMB for FLEAS at work and you had to throw the comb away.)

[oddlazdo]

As an ADHD lawyer I appreciate that the answer to this issue is "it depends"

[Synical]

Autistic and adhd, who else playing on hardmode?

[DarrellWolfe]

In true ADHD fashion... I came to YouTube looking for a completely different video topic, and I found this in my feed and rabbit trailed! 😂

[carolevincent]

LOL, my son who was extreme ADHD in school did the two things suggested here: he married the right person and he found a job (cyber security) that he excelled at. Prayers for a grandchild to find these two things!

[libby.frances]

I work in a supermarket bakery. For the first few hours, or sometimes more, I'm moving boxes around, stocking products, helping customers. Then, I get to decorate cakes and cupcakes. While I am standing in the one spot decorating, my mind is active from doing something creative. Perfect job for me 😊

[cw]

Being able to watch videos at 2x speed is a game changer. 😅

[djb]

What’s worked well for me are jobs that have a lot of change as part of their nature. Always a new problem to solve, never the same thing, being able to move from one problem to another. It’s like operating in crisis mode all the time which as someone with ADHD I am very good at. People think I am calm under pressure, organized, see the big picture to prevent problems before they start and more. However, in the job is the only place I am like that and my personal life is disorganized, aimless, and uninteresting.

[esthertuzicka]

I finally found my career at the age of 40! I'm a behavioral therapist for kids with autism and I don't really feel like I'm working most days. My goal is to continue in this field and go back to school to become a BCBA.

[aliruane]

Anyone else watching at 2x speed whilst scanning the comments? I haven’t found anything that works for me. I’m 48 and losing hope.

[HCoons]

I love you.

This is a very timely video for me. I'm newly diagnosed with ADHD (at the age of 48) and still trying to figure out my meds. Also job searching. I may show this video to my 8.5y year-old son. There are times I wish I had taken a trade or done something more exciting in my youth. Always envied weather chasers, firefighters and martial artists....

[Sailorsalesaway]

I was in the Navy for 23 years and it worked out perfectly for my set of symptoms. I worked mostly in a high intensity medical field. Short term, clearly defined goals, with outcomes that actually mattered. Once I got a little rank, I had subordinates to handle a majority of the tedious paperwork. I moved every couple of years to a new environment and a whole new group of coworkers to get to know. As I moved up in rank, I got new challenges. Over the decades, I worked in 3 different fields. Whenever I would get bored or burned out, I requested new training and got to work in a new field. I was constantly jumping on an airplane with short notice to spend a few days handling a crisis. I got to travel around teaching once I gained some expertise. Plus, 30 days of paid vacation a year. It provided both structure and flexibility. The problem is, now that I’m retired, figuring out what is next.

[RaindropsBleeding]

Boring??? How can you call cooking boring? I am a ADHD home cook and I LOVE cooking. Task switching, artistry, flavor profiling, unique time challenges, heating challenges, immediate feedback, clear instructions, high speed stirring or flipping with a precision or skill challenge. How is this boring? It's an ADHD wet dream!