"Can't any of those high-functioning brain cells be put to good use learning social skills and choosing to practice a higher level of empathy?" If you understo

"Can't any of those high-functioning brain cells be put to good use learning social skills and choosing to practice a higher level of empathy?" If you understood ASD better then you would realise that would come across as offencive. As for golden rules, well there are always exceptions to any rule. Getting a job in IT involves convincing a bunch of HR people who know nothing about IT that you are best for the job. That would be the issue stopping most ASD(Autistic Spectrum Disorders) from getting the roles, and startups are just too dynamic and change to quickly for most comfort zones, let alone somebody with ASD. As for empathy, it is such a open area and yes I'm sure we all learn, still I know if I kick somebody in the bollocks then even I know how that person is feeling ;(