For software engineers with ADHD who are tired of being at war with themselves at work.
“I just need to be more disciplined.” Most engineers I speak with arrive having tried that. The work I do is slower: private 1:1 coaching for software engineers and tech leaders with ADHD.
Searching for executive function coaching? I’ve written honestly about how what I do relates to that.
You don’t need more discipline.
If that were the issue, you would have solved it by now.
You’re thoughtful. You take your work seriously. You’ve done well in your career. People trust you. You handle a lot.
But something keeps not working the way it should. You’re thinking more than you want to. Second-guessing decisions that used to feel simple. Carrying a quiet pressure to just get the thing done.
You’ve tried pushing through it. More structure. More discipline. More focus. It helps… for a bit. But it doesn’t really resolve what’s underneath.
Most people stay in this loop longer than they need to. Not because they don’t care. Because they keep trying to solve it the same way.
Three ways in.
Coaching is the work I spend the most time on. The newsletter and the course are quieter doors into the same thinking.
A slower kind of conversation.
Private coaching for software engineers and tech leaders with ADHD. A slower kind of conversation, every two weeks. No five-step programs.
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Weekly reflectionThe ADHD Engineer.
A short reflective exercise in your inbox each week: a nudge to catch yourself in the act and notice what’s actually going on. Plus the occasional longer piece. No tips, no hacks.
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5-day email courseWhy Can’t I Just Do the Thing?
A short course for engineers who are tired of knowing what to do and still not doing it.
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Start with the weekly reflection.
A short reflective exercise for engineers with ADHD, once a week: a nudge to catch yourself in the act and notice what’s actually going on. Not ready for coaching? This is the quiet door in.
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Michael Greenspan
Before coaching, I spent years working in engineering and engineering leadership. Now I work one-on-one with software engineers and tech leaders.
Most of the people I speak with aren’t lacking effort or intelligence. They’re dealing with pressure, constant thinking, and ambiguity that makes simple tasks feel strangely impossible.
In our conversations, we slow things down, enough to see what’s getting in the way, and take a next step that doesn’t come from pressure. Based in Toronto.
One last thing.
If anything here read as recognition rather than diagnosis, here are two ways in: a conversation when you’re ready, or a short reflection in your inbox each week.