An unemployed programmer here who quit their job 6 months ago. Also have a baby on the way.

To answer your question - people who are totally burnt out. Some of us have been in the trenches for a long time and when you start to spiral, the world gets pretty dark. I’m not rich, I was just broken.

In terms of the listening part, my wife is like this. We found out a few years ago that she has ADD. She doesn’t do it intentionally but I do get frustrated sometimes. It’s just her brain going a million miles an hour.