career advice future career in tech help

[phsyphix]

Hi all,

Currently a teenager in Europe with adhd (inatentive aka add) and dyslexia, struggling to figure out my future tech career.

I struggle most with staying entertained and engaged with the same task consistently, levin semi-repetitive jobs like programming out of the picture for me, discounting the fact I severely struggle with spelling and remembering syntax.

I have found some success purchasing broken electronics from eBay and fixing them, selling the valuable phones off to recoup the costs. I really enjoy this because I love to take things apart and find it super rewarding to figure out super wierd software fixes like frp bypasses and messing around with android rom files and roots…

 

I have currently found some success doing ‘job experience’ (like an apprenticeship with no pay for school kids to gain experience and put on their cv’s. Usually about a week and is encouraged but not mandatory), working in an rnd department of a small company dealing with motion capturing devices for the film industry. I enjoyed my time there because I could help my professional co-workers figure out bugs and fix issues, something which I surprisingly enjoy. It was also great because I could bounce around departments and help with random tasks like packaging if I was unable to concentrate… Luckily my boss, the head of development, also had adhd and was eager to foster my young silly mind. I still however was horrifically unproductive, largely due to my freedom and lack of organisation and set tasks, leading me to question if my enjoyable time pretending to do real work could turn into a sustainable career.

 

Do any of you guys have any career recommendations or ideas on how I can advance my admittedly already large knowledge of computers?

 

Thanks

Luca

 

current experience/intrests:

android: roms, rooting, attempted rom development...

ios: jailbreaking and ipa signing...

windows: 3.1-11 use. Registry and installer modification, installing on strange unsuported hardware in strange ways...

macos: music production in logic pro x...

photography and photo editing (lightroom)...

repairing and breaking technology using software and hardware, modifying devices and hacking them together…

hosting personal servers for files, backups and linux isos…

bindging small youtube creators to learn about random things(all in progress): sdr, laptop motherboard repair, screen repair dealing with blak spots and oled lines…

edit: I also love to hang out on frums like the opesuse one to try to help people and figure out wierd issues

[Fasauceome]

6 minutes ago, phsyphix said:

Do any of you guys have any career recommendations or ideas on how I can advance my admittedly already large knowledge of computers?

I have awful ADHD. My last job was a technician at a datacenter, contractor for Microsoft. My current job is a field tech in a Lumen gateway. Both are pretty engaging with a decent variety of tasks and good options to actually engage in problem solving, and I have to deal with a wide variety of tech of different ages, so I have to keep my mind open to how they all work.

[phsyphix]

21 hours ago, Fasauceome said:

I have awful ADHD. My last job was a technician at a datacenter, contractor for Microsoft. My current job is a field tech in a Lumen gateway. Both are pretty engaging with a decent variety of tasks and good options to actually engage in problem solving, and I have to deal with a wide variety of tech of different ages, so I have to keep my mind open to how they all work.

what skills did you need that you would you reccomend I should learn to furthur open up my career paths

[Fasauceome]

21 minutes ago, phsyphix said:

what skills did you need that you would you reccomend I should learn to furthur open up my career paths

At the datacenter the basic skills that I needed were general computer knowledge. Things that look good on any resume are Microsoft suite/word processing skills, and anything related to teamwork or leadership.

[donal McScrote]

Mo-cap, I'd go for that in video game designing and studio production.  Have a look at the making off resident evil village.  It's on you tube, honestly it blew my mind just how far they've progressed from RE7, and this also includes GTA5-RDR2.  They had to forgo what was the established industry norm and start over with the newer tech.

 

If I had the time and skills I'd have a go at getting to grips with Blender again, blender it's free for non commercial use but probably one of the most powerful game engines for hobbyists and beginners.  Check out Captain Disillusion on you tube as well, he's an expert in blender.