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where autism is over-represented Not quite sure I grok what you mean here? Or, maybe better asked, over-represented how?
by dvtrn 7y ago
where autism is over-represented
Not quite sure I grok what you mean here? Or, maybe better asked, over-represented how?
- mlyle 7y agoSorry, what I mean to say is that it is my belief that-- in the tech/engineering community, there are employees on the autism spectrum at a far higher rate than the overall employed population. In turn, this leads to better understanding of how to work with and manage people on the spectrum in the tech community than the population at large.
- dvtrn 7y agoAhh okay, glad I asked- and I think there may be something to that, the question then becomes: if employees on the autism spectrum are over-represented in tech, and this creates opportunities to learn how to work with such individuals and create workplaces, work styles and management styles that help them succeed with their peers, how do we create orthodoxies and systems of work that can be applied to the rest of the workforce? I don't have the answer, but it's an interesting question to probe. Thanks for the meaty conversation, I have my own little one on the spectrum so always thankful to have discussions like this one.