I say it because I can. I say it because for me, it's true. I've been in therapy for the last six months, figuring that it a more constructive way of coping w

I say it because I can. I say it because for me, it's true. I've been in therapy for the last six months, figuring that it a more constructive way of coping with being a middle-aged man than getting a mistress or a motorcycle. You know what I learned yesterday? I learned that I've been autistic my whole damn life, and never got properly diagnosed. I got into tech because when everybody around me told I was a selfish, misanthropic asshole, I believed them. When the adults around me told me by getting into tech I wouldn't have to deal with people, I believed them, too. My entire adult life is built on one half-truth and one outright lie. The lie is that getting into tech would let me avoid dealing with people. I think everybody here knows that that is arrant bullshit. The half-truth is that while I do often come across as selfish and misanthropic, it's possible that these qualities can be attributed in part to having grown up with an undiagnosed autistic spectrum disorder. I've spent my entire life faking it, burning myself out to pass for neurotypical while also pretending to be passionate about building yet another government web application with ETL and batch processing. If you were me, you might wish for the Butlerian Jihad too. Oh, and I work for Accenture. Work there long enough and you'll start thinking that maybe the Wobblies[1] have the right idea. 1: https://iww.org https://iww.org