I have fairly regular bouts of attention deficit filled with youtube, games, in-depth research of mostly useless things. These episodes could last a couple of weeks.
After that I typically have a couple of weeks of productive work - working much longer hours that I should, researching useful things, pushing work project forward and over-delivering. For every two inattentive weeks I typically get a one week over attentive time. I work with smart people of challenging things but this hasn't impacted my career - I still get good reviews as my output during productive weeks compensates for the non-productive weeks. This isn't a question on how to survive my 9-5 but how to achieve top performance.
I've been diagnosed with adhd and would like to try alternatives to drugs.
Are there any practical, 'Cracking the Coding Interview' esque books for succeeding in the tech company (promotions, personal branding, respect etc) once hired? Ideally something that touches on office politics, what to focus on, how to succeed in performance reviews, communications.
