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Advice on dealing with ADHD and remote work? (programming.dev)
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In the past, I've done hybrid work, I'd finish all the easy stuff at home and keep the hard stuff for the office, and I'd go in for a couple of days to finish it all.

I got a really good offer from a different company, and I've taken it, but unfortunately, this company only does remote work and does not provide you with any equipment. Problem is that I have a powerful desktop but no laptop, which means my options are either to buy my own laptop and work somewhere else when I need to get work done or make a partition/new user on my desktop that's strictly for work, but I am scared that its going to affect my productivity.

Any input or advice would be appreciated. Thank you.

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[–] Welmo@programming.dev 1 points 1 year ago

A work laptop would be more useful because you can use in a lot of places and give you that mindset of "Now this is work" when using the laptop

But i think the most important thing is for you to look into exactly what was different from working on the office to now remote on this company.

I worked in a project that i was the only developer, had no one to help me with the legacy code and had to do all by my own. This made my ADHD go to the skies because it was confusing and really boring. I could be at an office and my result would be the same.

Also, i remember that when i worked in the office, i would get up more to get coffee/water, would chat with others in the day, would go out of the office for lunch and walk a little bit. When i started remote, i didnt do any of this and would get agitated in my chair and was not able to focus properly. I know some people that started working standing and it actually helped. And of course, stuff like fidget spinners/cubes and other "toys" made to help us focus can help a lot.