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Just know your limitations. I worked with a guy, somewhere on the spectrum. He was very good at some things, but understanding other people's perspectives wasn

by yarg 7y ago

Just know your limitations. I worked with a guy, somewhere on the spectrum. He was very good at some things, but understanding other people's perspectives wasn't one of them. He was excellent from a broad architectural perspective, but failed to acknowledge his limitations in regard to API development and user facing content. There will always be a difficulty in understanding why it is that certain concepts are beyond our grasp, but it might not stop us from understanding that they are.

turk73 7y ago
I'm so confused. At times I thought I was a 10X or maybe just a 5X. Being a humble person, I don't self-promote. My current team seems to have few problems dealing with me and we have had a lot of success this year. It's also a really big company, and I think I do best at these big places where things are generally impersonal and the sheer number of employees averages out the rough edges in peoples' skill sets. My last team, however, was a different story. It was a small shop of only 7 developers and everyone knew everyone else's business and I swear they spent a lot of their time gas lighting me into believing I was somehow "not right" which I found amusing at times and heartbreaking at other times. The one female on the team was an absolute man-hater and the architect, an alcoholic. So clearly other issues going on. I just can't figure why any of it was taken out on me, I didn't do anything to them that I know of. I don't want to say they are assholes, but maybe just "people with major issues?" That would be more kind. Anyhow, yes, I may be austistic or something along those lines although I was never diagnosed as such. The only thing psychologists told my parents was "gifted" and sort of left at that. I've had a troubled career and looking back it was never to do with technical abilities, which I have in spades, but always with the interpersonal skills, empathy, etc. But I've been married for 16 years and I have two kids, so clearly I'm not some hopeless case.

by yarg 7y ago

turk73 7y ago

I'm so confused. At times I thought I was a 10X or maybe just a 5X. Being a humble person, I don't self-promote. My current team seems to have few problems dealing with me and we have had a lot of success this year. It's also a really big company, and I think I do best at these big places where things are generally impersonal and the sheer number of employees averages out the rough edges in peoples' skill sets. My last team, however, was a different story. It was a small shop of only 7 developers and everyone knew everyone else's business and I swear they spent a lot of their time gas lighting me into believing I was somehow "not right" which I found amusing at times and heartbreaking at other times. The one female on the team was an absolute man-hater and the architect, an alcoholic. So clearly other issues going on. I just can't figure why any of it was taken out on me, I didn't do anything to them that I know of. I don't want to say they are assholes, but maybe just "people with major issues?" That would be more kind. Anyhow, yes, I may be austistic or something along those lines although I was never diagnosed as such. The only thing psychologists told my parents was "gifted" and sort of left at that. I've had a troubled career and looking back it was never to do with technical abilities, which I have in spades, but always with the interpersonal skills, empathy, etc. But I've been married for 16 years and I have two kids, so clearly I'm not some hopeless case.