• intensely_human@lemm.ee
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    8 months ago

    Maybe. Depends on how functional you are overall. Turns out I can pass college courses, but not keep a job so well.

    I’m really good at getting high paying jobs, but my executive function is terrible. I can’t keep the jobs.

    People with good executive function tend to not be aware of it as a factor. For them “getting that job” is the big uncertain hurdle on their path to success.

    Not once in my upbringing all the way through college graduation did anyone talk about keeping jobs. It was all about getting the job. I’ve gotten some pretty amazing jobs … and lost them.

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      8 months ago

      Have you tried a job that works on a more cyclic nature? I struggle with executive function, too, and I tried grad school and I could pass the classes and do the work, but I couldn’t finish my dissertation for my PhD program. I eventually realized I did better on an academic schedule and now I teach college classes, so I get to work on the same 12-week quarter system where I did well as a student.