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I've heard an assertion that people on the Asperberg's-ish end of the autism spectrum are over-represented amongst software developers. If that's true, I wonde
by DoofusOfDeath 9y ago
I've heard an assertion that people on the Asperberg's-ish end of the autism spectrum are over-represented amongst software developers.
If that's true, I wonder it's a contributing factor for some software developers having trouble making friends once they're out of school, especially once they have kids.
- hinkley 9y agoThere’s something else called HSP which gets misdiagnosed as spectrum. Your senses are particularly intense and they behave badly when overextended. The difference is that in the morning they understand what they did wrong and leads to a cycle of guilt. This turns them into introverts. This difference also makes it hard to make friends because they expect a lot of insight conversationally and they pick up tells from other people. The joke is that they know how you feel before you do. It’s very offputting.
- gnode 9y agoThe condition itself referred to as Sensory Processing Sensitivity: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sensory_processing_sensitivity https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sensory_processing_sensitivity
- eeZah7Ux 9y ago> factor for some software One in a thousand perhaps? Not really a relevant percentage for the whole discussion.