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Before moving to the US, I ran my own Electrical/construction business. In the US, I was lucky enough to get into the electricians union (IBEW).
It’s about as perfect as any job could be for ADD. The hiring and laying off is a bit fluid, so there is no stigma generally to being laid off. You often don’t work at the same site for too long, and there is ample opportunity to think creatively. Some industrial jobs can be very slow, and hard to cope with, but are easily avoided. The recession has been bad for us, and too much time off work contributed to my ADD symptoms becoming bad enough to lead to diagnosis.
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