My experience trying and mostly failing to cope with bipolar disorder and maintain a career

Climbing to ever-greater heights, but never able to stay long

“How was your internship?” …. “Oh, was it a contract?” …. When people see that I have had multiple stints of less than one year with full-time positions at great companies, they are baffled. “No, it wasn’t an internship or a contract…” I respond before going on to somehow attempt a rationale that doesn’t mention bipolar disorder. At the time, I usual…