Ruby for All

Career and ADHD Management with Celso De Sá

Mar 23, 2023

In this episode, Celso De Sá, Developer for PostPilot, shares his experiences in job hunting, transferring to a new company, and managing ADHD. He discusses the challenges he faced during interviews and offers tips on personal marketing and networking. Celso also talks about his time management system and how the Basecamp Shape Up methodology helps him. The episode covers topics like mentorship, legacy projects, and the struggle of staying focused. Overall, it's an insightful conversation about career growth and ADHD management.

28:54

Creator website

Episode guests

Celso De Sá

AI Summary

AI Chapters

Episode notes

Podcast summary created with Snipd AI

Quick takeaways

Breaking tasks into manageable steps and visualizing time allocation helps in managing stress and overcoming procrastination during the hiring process with ADHD.

Clearly articulating previous work experiences, highlighting personal achievements, and utilizing the Shape Up methodology can enhance success in interviews and job searches.

Deep dives

Navigating the hiring process with ADHD

The podcast episode features a guest who shares their experience and insights on navigating the hiring process with ADHD. The guest emphasizes the importance of managing stress and developing strategies to overcome procrastination. They suggest breaking tasks into smaller, manageable steps and visualizing time allocation throughout the day. The guest also emphasizes the value of being able to clearly articulate and explain previous work experiences during interviews, highlighting personal achievements and knowledge of the codebase. Additionally, they discuss the benefits of using the Shape Up methodology and the role it played in their current job search.

Introduction

3min

Work tasks, journey to current role, and a cautionary tale

5min

Experiences with Mentorship, Legacy Rails Project, and Interviewing

6min

Accommodating ADHD in the Interview Process

5min

Shape Up Methodology and Preventing Downtime

2min

Struggles with completing tasks and fear of the unknown

8min

On this episode of Ruby for All, ChatGPT was down for Julie today which left her frazzled, so she brings up making pancakes, and Andrew shares his love of cooking breakfast food and wrestling with Turbo all morning. Thankfully, they have a great guest with them to brighten their day. Today, Andrew and Julie are joined by Celso De Sá, who’s a Developer for PostPilot. Celso is going to take us through the interviewing processes he’s gone through as a Junior, getting his first job, the process of transferring to a new company, challenges he encountered, and tips on how he manages his ADHD. He shares an amazing system he uses for time management, and how using Basecamp Shape Up methodology helps him. We’ll also hear some fantastic advice on job hunting, and the importance of networking, putting in hard work, and personal marketing. Hit download now to learn more!

[00:01:38] Celso gives us a brief introduction of what he does and where he works.

[00:03:21] We hear what tech he mainly works in at PostPilot.

[00:04:17] Celso dives into the path of how he got into his first role, the interview process, the process of transferring to his new company, he tells us his ADHD got in the way a little bit, and a suspicious person that contacted him about a job.

[00:11:43] Celso gets philosophical here and talks about how explaining his work adds to him being such an excellent candidate.

[00:13:22] We hear some of the challenges Celso encountered when interviewing. He mentions having ADHD make him talk more that he should sometimes and time of day. Julie wonders if there were companies that have been more accommodating to his ADHD, and she shares a story when she applied to a job.

[00:15:11] Find out the system Celso has for time management that sounds amazing. Also, he mentions discovering Marla Cummins, an ADHD Coach and listening to Dr. Huberman’s Podcasts.

[00:18:08] Andrew talks about a book he’s reading called, Building a Second Brain, and Celso talks about how Basecamp Shape Up helps him a lot.

[00:20:56] Julie wonders what helps with the stress of ending a project, and shares her struggles with completing tasks, and Celso and Andrew share their thoughts.

[00:22:57] Some specific advice is shared if you’re somebody that’s interviewing right now, and he starts with a piece of advice he hates, but he thinks will be helpful to people. Andrew adds to the advice talking about showing up every day, putting the work in, and just grind.

[00:26:06] Did Celso ever find enough mentors that he Tweeted about? Also, he’s writing an article summarizing things he thinks are helpful for anyone looking for a job or going through the process.

[00:28:09] Find out where you can follow Celso on the web.

Panelists:

Andrew Mason

Julie J.

Guest:

Celso De Sá

Sponsors:

Links: