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Re:Interviewing a software engineer who prepared with AI by tartoran on Monday April 07, 2025 @05:14PM (#43616022)
> - awkward and/or neurodivergent people are going to have to learn social skills again

It's not like these are skills that they haven't learned, these are things that they have a hard time with. Expecting them to be 'normal' is like asking a person of medium stature to be taller. They could mask them but ultimately it's not who they are and expecting everyone to be the same is a fools errand.

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Re:Interviewing a software engineer who prepared with AI by baq on Tuesday April 08, 2025 @03:47AM (#43619323)
It's not expectation of sameness, it's that they will be working with 'normal' people and need to meet some standard to not be a net negative for any team they're in.
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Re:Interviewing a software engineer who prepared with AI by tartoran on Tuesday April 08, 2025 @12:44PM (#43623765)
I think there's a tacit expectation to fit into a mold and that mold is heavily skewed towards extroverted neurotypical traits.
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Re:Interviewing a software engineer who prepared with AI by baq on Tuesday April 08, 2025 @01:02PM (#43623967)
Neurotypical means something, after all. Extroverted, I wouldn't say.

Basic game theory, really. Business are not charities. Hiring a neurodiverse person is riskier than a neurotypical one.

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