u/Breton_brut

I just wanted to vent a little and see if anyone can relate. I’m an architect in the USA with moderate to severe adhd with about 10 years of experience since graduating, working now for a small firm that’s doing some large projects. I was a project architect until earlier this year when our pm left. I was pushed into the role, and…I absolutely hate it. I’ve managed to figure out a work style and niche that works with adhd, and I managed to get licensed. I’m good at lots of things, most of them design/presentation related as well as technical details strangely enough. If I can put on my headphones and just design or draw I’m in a great place. But the PM cat herding and tiny granular task and detail organization and coordination, writing the most mundane emails of all time all day…my gods. I am just not suited for it and it breaks my brain. Every day is a struggle, I feel constantly behind and never feel like I’m doing a good job even when I technically am, which is really affecting my (formally good) confidence. The thing is, I’m always up for getting out of my comfort zone in order to grow, but I just don’t have any interest in “getting good” at being a pm. The work is a grind and I get zero satisfaction from it. For me personally it is not sustainable. It’s really making me reconsider my whole career trajectory! Anyway, can anyone relate to this or share their experience? I understand that project management is important, but the contemporary version of it in 2026 feels so far removed from any reason I actually joined the profession in the first place!

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