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I would personally be surprised if tech leaders are anywhere near as likely to be neurodivergent as tech workers in general. Too many MBA types and money chase

I would personally be surprised if tech leaders are anywhere near as likely to be neurodivergent as tech workers in general. Too many MBA types and money chasers in tech over the last couple of decades and they're all going after these leadership positions - these people are nothing like typical IT folks.

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choruspreacher 3y ago
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mschuster91 3y ago
> I would personally be surprised if tech leaders are anywhere near as likely to be neurodivergent as tech workers in general. There are disturbing links between "business leaders" and psychopaths - a topic well discussed during the period of the 45th [1], but it's been around way before that worst case entered politics [2]. The problem is that stock markets appraise actions that need a ruthless, cold-hearted arsehole to execute... most infamously mass layoffs of workers despite the company being wildly profitable or giving them so little spare time that they're forced to piss in bottles. This is not something an individual with a healthy mind would order. [1] https://fortune.com/2021/06/06/corporate-psychopaths-business-leadership-csr/ https://fortune.com/2021/06/06/corporate-psychopaths-busines... [2] https://www.forbes.com/sites/victorlipman/2013/04/25/the-disturbing-link-between-psychopathy-and-leadership/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/victorlipman/2013/04/25/the-dis...
- spacemadness 3y ago
  And what’s even better is our culture in-turn celebrates sociopaths as successful role models.
- foobarbecue 3y ago
  By "appraise," did you mean "reward"?
- choruspreacher 3y ago
  Snakes in Suits: When Psychopaths Go to Work is a 2006 non-fiction book by industrial psychologist Paul Babiak and criminal psychologist Robert D. Hare. The book describes how a workplace psychopath can take power in a business using manipulation
- stcroixx 3y ago
  Excellent point. I agree these types of leaders are neurodivergent, just in a very different way from how most tech workers are.

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mschuster91 3y ago

> I would personally be surprised if tech leaders are anywhere near as likely to be neurodivergent as tech workers in general. There are disturbing links between "business leaders" and psychopaths - a topic well discussed during the period of the 45th [1], but it's been around way before that worst case entered politics [2]. The problem is that stock markets appraise actions that need a ruthless, cold-hearted arsehole to execute... most infamously mass layoffs of workers despite the company being wildly profitable or giving them so little spare time that they're forced to piss in bottles. This is not something an individual with a healthy mind would order. [1] https://fortune.com/2021/06/06/corporate-psychopaths-business-leadership-csr/ https://fortune.com/2021/06/06/corporate-psychopaths-busines... [2] https://www.forbes.com/sites/victorlipman/2013/04/25/the-disturbing-link-between-psychopathy-and-leadership/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/victorlipman/2013/04/25/the-dis...

spacemadness 3y ago
And what’s even better is our culture in-turn celebrates sociopaths as successful role models.
foobarbecue 3y ago
By "appraise," did you mean "reward"?
choruspreacher 3y ago
Snakes in Suits: When Psychopaths Go to Work is a 2006 non-fiction book by industrial psychologist Paul Babiak and criminal psychologist Robert D. Hare. The book describes how a workplace psychopath can take power in a business using manipulation
stcroixx 3y ago
Excellent point. I agree these types of leaders are neurodivergent, just in a very different way from how most tech workers are.