Re: ADD friendly jobs

[Anonymous]

I’m a librarian and college teacher and LOVE MY JOB! I’m the only one in my department who really LOVES teaching in front of the classroom – most others teach online by preference – but it’s akin to performing, with enough variety that it’s never quite the same thing twice. Grading papers? Not so fun, but you do what you’ve got to do. . . I’ve learned to cope (take frequent timed breaks, etc.)

But the really important thing for me the last four-five years has been taking on extra assignments outside my department that are big enough and important enough to get notice – i.e., stimulating – while still being short-term enough that I can get through them. Since they’re new-to-me, they’re interesting for the first month or so, and if I throw myself into them I can often find and fix things that no one else had even noticed needed fixing – which reinforces the positive feedback I get. I’m also pretty good at systems-level stuff such as looking at the overall process used to develop a new course, but then my picky detail-oriented side will surface and start playing around with the “what-ifs” – what if I changed this step in the process? What if we added these features? etc.

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