It’s a long story so I will try and bullet point it as I don’t have a lot of time to answer.

• Mid to late thirties and I’m thinking I’m a failure at life. Think I have ADHD but never diagnosed. Had 50+ jobs to this point and I always quit or lose them for poor attendance etc, mix in a little fraud to supplement wages.
• Apply to an insurance company and begin training. Someone I had screwed over (I am a better person now) reported me to management and they fired me.
• decided to apply to Apple as a Christmas temp and get hired for 3 months.
• excel at being faux extrovert and apply for Genius Bar as a Technical Specialist. Get hired.
• Begin work at the Genius Bar where I thrive cause being a fake extrovert actually makes you happier at times, but you leave work drained.
• Realise we have healthcare and seek an ADHD diagnosis, which I got.
• surrounded by talented people and infinite support from management I decide to do a software development bootcamp.
• excel at coding as I had always been interested and I am even at a higher level than the teacher and they’re blown away by my projects.
• suck at interviews and so do another bootcamp, 😔, as this one also get you interviews.
• excel at this bootcamp too and still suck at interviews.
• must have gone for 30 jobs and didn’t get any.
• start to feel down but finally get hired to a small company.
• life really isn’t any greener over here and I still struggle to maintain happiness.
• company I work for is excellent. All about work life balance and the work is secondary to us.
• been 18 months. Got a pay rise after 1 year. Then 6 months later we all get a pay rise again and a reduction in hours.
• we only work 33 hours a week now with 21 days holiday which goes up one day each year until you’re at 25 days.
• don’t have to lie about why I am sick. If not having a good mental health day then I tell them and I am not expected to work.