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The Danish Beermakers Brewing Up Work for Autistic People
- garethsprice 9y agoSimilar business model to ULTRA Testing, a QA firm in NY that I regularly engage: http://www.ultratesting.us/ http://www.ultratesting.us/ There's a lot of talent out there that's often overlooked, good to see companies starting to recognize this and help create opportunities.
- helipad 9y agoSimilarly, Specialists Guild (social enterprise): http://specialistsguild.org/ http://specialistsguild.org/
- forgotpwagain 9y agoAlso similarly, there are the Skilcraft products (most famously pens) for the US government. [0]: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/17/AR2010041701297.html http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04... [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skilcraft https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skilcraft
- sergior 9y agoGiven that beer industry funds campaigns against cannabis legalization and that cannabis is beneficial for people with Autism I would call any efforts like that sinister.
- wtfno 9y agoCannabis can also induce paranoia and disordered thinking, as you appear to be demonstrating.
- sergior 9y agoAnd beer causes death if you partake too much
- cwbrandsma 9y agoSame with water. Your point?
- detaro 9y agoReally, a small danish startup "funds campaigns against cannabis legalization" (presumably those in the US?)?
- contingencies 9y agoI met a guy today here in Shenzhen who is starting a factory in Western Australia and specifically seeking autistic employees.
- bmelton 9y agoI'm glad that this is coming to the forefront of our collective consciousness, and that people are working to solve what is a very real problem, and of their own accord. Another (stellar) example that I've recently been introduced to is Bitty & Beau's Coffee, in Wilmington, NC. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wrzz-sibpv0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wrzz-sibpv0 https://www.bittyandbeauscoffee.com/ https://www.bittyandbeauscoffee.com/
- chrismealy 9y agoWay back when I interviewed a two or three hundred people for software/web dev positions, in hiring meetings I was always saying, "We're not hiring them to do interviews, we're hiring them to write software." It really, really, really doesn't matter if people are nervous or weird or whatever during a job interview. OK sure "culture fit" is great if you want to work with a bunch of bros that can chill together but good lord what a world if only chill bros are allowed to have jobs.
- jamesrcole 9y agoWhile I agree with the general sentiment of your comment, it comes across as saying that only coding ability matters. (You might not have intended it to come across that way, but it can easily be interpreted as such.) Going on that interpretation... surely part of hiring them to write software generally (but perhaps not necessarily always) includes things like ability to effectively work, and communicate, with others.
- fao_ 9y agoThat's part of good coding ability: Being able to understand the requirements and implement them
- chrismealy 9y agoAgain, being good at interviews doesn't correlate with being good at programming. It doesn't even correlate well with people skills. There are plenty of people with great social skills in general that are bad at interviews. Interviews are mostly terrible and weird.
- taurath 9y agoAdd a question: "How do you make sure you're working on the correct thing?"
- munchbunny 9y ago"Culture fit" is definitely a euphemism these days, but the opposite isn't "can you write code?" The missing piece is communication and conflict resolution skills. It's crucial for team effectiveness, but it's hard to measure in the interview process. You can be high strung, you can be a chill bro, you can be generally apathetic, but you have to be able to communicate and resolve conflicts effectively. Thankfully, it can be taught.
- dcre 9y agoInteresting, but I was surprised to see not a word about what they specifically do differently to work with autistic employees.
- tomjen3 9y agoThe Danish discount retailer Fakta, also does this. They have a sign by the entrench to my local store that mentions the particular store will be one of them (no time horizon though). It seems to work well in the stores that have tried it so far, but I cannot imagine how that will work with less than nice customers.