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So aside from the one person that can take a conversation 40 different directions How many of you all have ADHD? I heard a while back that having ADHD/ADD is essentially a super power when it comes to programming of any kind and also ADHD people typically gravitate towards programming jobs.

I got diagnosed while I was in the military. When I separated I started a job at a calibration company. They had a CMM and I wanted more than anything to play with it. So I asked my boss what it would take to get me over there and he handed me a list of the GD&T symbols. He said "learn this and we will consider it."

I came back the next day after a 12 hour hyperfocus on learning GD&T and was programming by the end of the week. Fast forward a year later and my boss had said he had never seen anyone pick it up so quickly in his 40 years. Now this was still a more basic level of programming. Nothing like what you all are capable of. But I have since developed myself into a pretty confident (not arrogant like some of ya's) programmer.

Not trying to toot my own horn or anything just simply stating that ADHD is the sole reason I am a programmer and the constant hurdles and obstacles presented has kept me highly intrigued and motivated unlike most things I get myself involved in.

I am curious if any of you guys are in the same boat I am and maybe we could give tips and advice on how to tackle the more daunting stuff like the dreaded........ reprogramming a part already programed or waiting for the CMM to run through a 30 minute program.
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  • Another thought about CMM tinkering... And ADHD...

    At some point I was training a fella at work to program the CMMs. He had actually taken a course on it at a technical college, that was his foot in the door. I guess the class was really basic because he still didn't know how to do the most basic alignments. I worked so hard with that guy but it just didn't click for him.

    What really bothered me is that there was about a 3 month period where the show was so slow that one of the CMMs could just sit idle for him to learn and practice on it. The guy was paid to play with the CMM for 3 months. There were no expectations of him other than to learn at his own pace. I would visit him from time to time throughout the day to give him some 1 on 1 training time or to help him with questions here and there. They guy just goofed off and read web articles most of the time. Believe it or not, he was caught sleeping a few times. Not at the controller desk, I could see that. He laid flat on the floor in the same pose used to place bodies in coffins, or so I'm told, I didn't witness it first hand. It was amazing what that company would put up with. The bummer is that he just wasted such a rare opportunity. Didn't learn a thing. I'm not saying this is a glamorous line of work, but it was defiantly a step up for him.

    More and more I think he may have suffered from some form of ADHD. He genuinely wanted to learn, but needed to be constantly engaged to do it. It is also possible that he just did not have the aptitude for it.

    Eventually that fella found a job somewhere else as their one and only CMM programmer. I was happy, not my problem anymore, but I can't imagine that it worked out for him or that company. But who knows, maybe he is the sort to work best under pressure and got over the learning hump.
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  • Another thought about CMM tinkering... And ADHD...

    At some point I was training a fella at work to program the CMMs. He had actually taken a course on it at a technical college, that was his foot in the door. I guess the class was really basic because he still didn't know how to do the most basic alignments. I worked so hard with that guy but it just didn't click for him.

    What really bothered me is that there was about a 3 month period where the show was so slow that one of the CMMs could just sit idle for him to learn and practice on it. The guy was paid to play with the CMM for 3 months. There were no expectations of him other than to learn at his own pace. I would visit him from time to time throughout the day to give him some 1 on 1 training time or to help him with questions here and there. They guy just goofed off and read web articles most of the time. Believe it or not, he was caught sleeping a few times. Not at the controller desk, I could see that. He laid flat on the floor in the same pose used to place bodies in coffins, or so I'm told, I didn't witness it first hand. It was amazing what that company would put up with. The bummer is that he just wasted such a rare opportunity. Didn't learn a thing. I'm not saying this is a glamorous line of work, but it was defiantly a step up for him.

    More and more I think he may have suffered from some form of ADHD. He genuinely wanted to learn, but needed to be constantly engaged to do it. It is also possible that he just did not have the aptitude for it.

    Eventually that fella found a job somewhere else as their one and only CMM programmer. I was happy, not my problem anymore, but I can't imagine that it worked out for him or that company. But who knows, maybe he is the sort to work best under pressure and got over the learning hump.
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