Re:Dell Autism Hiring Program
by joefife on Sunday March 24, 2019 @03:36AM
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It is a disability.
Sure, Aspergers is usual beneficial to techies from a performance perspective, but it can be a massive disadvantage when dealing with people within an organisation.
I used to work for a local authority in an sysadmin position and it was very fortunate that HR understood Aspergers, or my lack of social awareness would have got me sacked a few times.
The upside of having Aspergers is only part of the story.
Re:Dell Autism Hiring Program
by watwut on Sunday March 24, 2019 @04:13AM
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It is disadvantage in tech world too. Saying as someone who had collegues like that and seen then shoot themselves and also shoot others (which ended shooting them indirectly) without knowing or meaning to.
Re:Dell Autism Hiring Program
by Shaanie on Sunday March 24, 2019 @06:39AM
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It's an advantage for some parts of software development, but I would be surprised if it wasn't a net negative for the vast majority of developer jobs.
Sure, Aspergers is usual beneficial to techies from a performance perspective, but it can be a massive disadvantage when dealing with people within an organisation.
I used to work for a local authority in an sysadmin position and it was very fortunate that HR understood Aspergers, or my lack of social awareness would have got me sacked a few times.
The upside of having Aspergers is only part of the story.