Charles Cormier calls his ADHD "energy efficient" because he hyperfocuses on what interests him and ignores the rest. He dropped out of school and built a tech career instead. In venture and tech, ADHD fuels curiosity and drives entrepreneurial success.
ADHD, do you think it's a feature or a bug? Because in my opinion, I mean, only nowadays do I realize that I'm extremely energy efficient. And my ADHD, especially back then, was that school was mostly bullshit and not relevant, straight up, right? And that's why I didn't pay attention. Even at uni level, I was busy making money on my computer while the teacher was talking. And that's when I knew I needed to drop out, you know, so Feature or bug?
I mean, I do think it depends on the job that you're in. I think in venture, it is absolutely a feature. I think like you, you know, when I was in school and when I was in university, I always was thinking about other things. I was thinking about the internet. I was thinking about websites and web applications and monetizing and building community. And what that meant was I just didn't pay attention to what the economics lecturer was saying. But again, then you fast forward that to where we are today and, you know, the fact that you, I remain, you know, intrigued, obsessed with new technologies, with company building, with software building, that I think serves me pretty well.
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