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This week we're going to look at the most essential piece of firmware in a programmer's toolkit - the brain. I'm joined by Chris Ferdinandi to explore what it's like to be a programmer with ADHD. It's an unusual topic for the channel, but the more I spoke to him, the more I wanted to know what coding is like when your brain is wired differently, how we can work more effectively with people with ADHD, and critically, how you manage coders with ADHD. And the answer to that comes full circle, in understanding how coders with ADHD manage themselves…
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