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I think this is kinda sad. I always thought coding was so beautiful for creating a (good paying) job for socially awkward people on the spectrum who pre-coding
by qoez 9mo ago
I think this is kinda sad. I always thought coding was so beautiful for creating a (good paying) job for socially awkward people on the spectrum who pre-coding was considered dorks and went into idk what but probably some unsatisfying job. It seems like we're heading back to that which makes me sad and worried about the highly functioning autistic population.
- Xelbair 9mo agoI am sorry but is being employed a job or a daycare? Not only this is extremely patronizing towards all people on spectrum, but at the same time extremely hurtful statement for people who are treating employment as a job(ie - most of population). And what are you going to say to people who are stuck in low-end jobs?
- qoez 9mo agoI'm on the spectrum to be clear
- Xelbair 9mo ago[flagged]
- dang 9mo agoPlease don't cross into personal attack.
- Xelbair 9mo agoIt wasn't a directed statement but a general one. "Conflict is essential to human life, whether between different aspects of oneself, between oneself and the environment, between different individuals or between different groups."
- dang 9mo agoThe obvious default interpretation of your comment is that the other person is using something as an excuse. If you say you did not intend it as a personal putdown, I believe you, but the rest of us don't have direct access to your intent, so you'd need to include enough information in your comments to disambiguate it. More information here in case helpful: https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&query=burden%20disambiguate%20by%3Adang&sort=byDate&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que... As for Marion Milner's classic paragraph, I'm delighted that you found it worthwhile enough to quote! But you have to read the entire paragraph to understand it, and you can't leave out the word "toleration". That's the most important word there, both in the text and in the title.
- Lorean1 9mo agoSorry but did we read the same comment? It's not patronising. The people who are stuck in low end jobs were not in the scope of this comment (there are also people in war zones or very sick, also out of scope). And how did you manage to find this extremely hurtful to any group...?
- kube-system 9mo agoOn the other hand, the increase in remote roles has made this a bit easier for some.