ADHD @lemmy.world SubArcticTundra @lemmy.ml 3 mo. ago

ADHD-friendly online jobs

Any ideas? I'm 21 so not too many bills to pay.
I just need something that will give me the financial freedom to move around and hopefully some time left over.

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solution sales, be it in IT, AV, Security, office equipment... Generally you work with different clients, in different parts of an industry or multiple industries. All have similar needs but various differences in applications that requires jumping into their work understanding why they need some things in special ways, and then jumping back out to move on to the next project.

Its lets you leverage your hyper-focus and quick study skills, but wont require you to master an particular thing. Its also often not a direct sales job, but a 1/2 tech 1/2 sales job where you support a traditional sales organization but are expected to be a technical jack of all things within your company/role/industry/product line.
- This does sound quite good, especially seeing as I'm quite a techy person.
  
  I've made a career out of my ADHD in a presales engineering role.. (And ending up in product management).
  
  I did need to get the social aspects under control (mostly learning to slow down, and to learn when to shut up!), but this was all very manageable if you can take feedback and hyperfocus on putting it in action... 🤪
  
  I liked that I got to work on the 20% of the customers problem that was the "rocket science" bit, and we would sell consulting services to do the bits that were more like "making license plates"...
  
  Also, having a new audience every week meant I got to really practice and hone my presentation and soft skills which are super important.
Use Coursera to take a Certification in an area that interests you like IT or bookkeeping. I found it dead easy and the courses were broken down into really small units that I could finish a few a day.
- Did you use those certifications to land a job?
  
  I got my job as a entry-level tech based on Linux ability and I'm currently Junior sis admin with no certs. I still don't have certs. Just know how to Google and troubleshoot really good.
- Coursera? Small units? This sounds useful (but for ADHD learning, not for jobs), I'll look into this. How widely are the Coursera certificates accepted?
I quite lied the idea of doing translation, as it uses the creative part of my brain which successfully gets me into flow, but unfortunately they are very picky and translation as a career is quickly dying out.
- Yeah, plus now that we are using AI for translations and it's halfway decent there is even less room in that industry.
If you are a native english speaker and have any kind of degree you could look for TEFL jobs online.
When I lived and traveled in SEA for some years I knew quite a few british and americans who taught english online on the road.

A TEFL (Teaching English as a Foreign Language) certificate can help, but when you are native and finished school, that would often be enough.
- Hmm, interesting idea. Do you know roughly how much of their day it took up?
  
  That depends on how much you want to earn. People I knew didn't work much, maybe a couple hours a day, but also lived in a place with $150 rent/month and $1 meals.
It is pretty good learn Linux or Windows ad

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