Techies turn to psychedelics to boost performance

[QuintonB]

Techies use small doses of LSD and magic mushrooms to enhance performance

New reports reveal that many techies and executives in Silicon Valley are using small doses of LSD and magic mushrooms to enhance their performance

 

[Garson007]

I would never have described a hallucinogenic as a performance enhancing drug, but here you have it.

 

[Thor]

Limitless

 

[dualmeister]

Well that explains Windows 10

 

[K3NS31]

Well that explains Windows 10

LMAO

 

[Sherbang]

I would never have described a hallucinogenic as a performance enhancing drug, but here you have it.

Presumably, in small doses it's not hallucinogenic

 

[Compton_effect]

Not pointing fingers, but I know of Project Managers that occasionally get prescriptions of Concerta to help them focus.
I don't know how they can do that stuff - it makes me feel like a permanent sugar rush.

But hey - if I need to really focus and tune out everything else - I listen to 80's speed metal. \m/ \m/

 

[StevenC]

Now we know why Apple products turn out like they do. We no longer have to wonder if they were high when they made it!

 

[P924]

Not pointing fingers, but I know of Project Managers that occasionally get prescriptions of Concerta to help them focus.
I don't know how they can do that stuff - it makes me feel like a permanent sugar rush.

But hey - if I need to really focus and tune out everything else - I listen to 80's speed metal. \m/ \m/

It can have vastly different effects on different people, and usually does the opposite of what it is supposed to if you do not need it.

 

[garyc]

And for the rest there is caffeine and nicotine.

 

[whatwhat]

Not pointing fingers, but I know of Project Managers that occasionally get prescriptions of Concerta to help them focus.
I don't know how they can do that stuff - it makes me feel like a permanent sugar rush.

That means you are taking too much of it, or mixing it with things it shouldn't be mixed with (coffee, other inhibitors, etc).

 

[Petec]

Enhancers are baaad, M'Kay?

 

[Garson007]

Enhancers are baaad, M'Kay?

It's a trade off you make. Do you want to earn $100k or $200k a year? Do you want to work 8 or 14 hours? Etc.

 

[Petec]

It's a trade off you make. Do you want to earn $100k or $200k a year? Do you want to work 8 or 14 hours? Etc.

This is your brain on drugs...

 

[Nuke]

ITT. People who never microdosed at work

 

[Thor]

Not pointing fingers, but I know of Project Managers that occasionally get prescriptions of Concerta to help them focus.
I don't know how they can do that stuff - it makes me feel like a permanent sugar rush.

But hey - if I need to really focus and tune out everything else - I listen to 80's speed metal. \m/ \m/

Motorhead

 

[Thor]

So the big question is... How do we get our hands on some micro dosages?

 

[NullHypothesis]

I'm used to working 9am - 9pm on nothing but coffee and the occasional bioplus. I have heard about Provigil (Modafinil), as a "wakefulness-promoting agent" but I've never tried it. Needs a prescription in SA apparently. I hope I never get to the point where my body needs regulated pharmaceuticals to get the job done (ship has to come in before it gets to that). Repeat after me "Every moment is not another chance", "You do not just get once shot", "You are not late". Get some rest.

 

[Neoprod]

So the big question is... How do we get our hands on some micro dosages?

You buy normal amounts and cut it up with a knife, silly...someone draw the dev a sequence diagram

 

[access]

hmmm, i went into an "internet shop" the other day and asker for an ethernet cable, trance tunes banging on the speakers. 3 space gadets standing by the counter. the guy didnt know what a network cable is, or his 2 buddies, when i pointed to it on the shelf they tried to read the grey/black cable printing for a price.

i did not see any enhancement there lol