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> ... and autistic obsession with detail ... Why do people glorify autism? I have seen this mostly on CEOs that want workers that are hyper-focused, intelligen

by Frieren 25d ago

> ... and autistic obsession with detail ... Why do people glorify autism? I have seen this mostly on CEOs that want workers that are hyper-focused, intelligent and do not complain. The ideal employee from which extract value and a minimum cost. I have worked with autistic people (diagnosed ones). And it is a struggle. One of them could be the nicest most reasonable person one minute and then get a trigger and become obtuse and irrational while making the rest of the team suffer thru all kinds of complains. Meetings would need to be adjourned and time was lost. > The cynic in me bemoans that we brought this upon ourselves, in more than one way. I enjoy working with other employees and people need human contact to become fully self-actualized. Isolating people to maximize productivity misses the point and brings no more productivity and just avoids fixing any real existing problems.

dsign 24d ago
> > The cynic in me bemoans that we brought this upon ourselves, in more than one way. > I enjoy working with other employees and people need human contact to become fully self-actualized. Isolating people to maximize productivity misses the point and brings no more productivity and just avoids fixing any real existing problems. While I share the feeling and the posture, I haven't managed yet to use them for better documentation. In fact, for me enjoying human contact takes precedence to pressing people--however politely--into writing better docs, specially now that we have LLMs. The skill of writing should be taught and nurtured in school, and if you made it to the workplace without it, then maybe it's too late and you are better off using an LLM to assist you. Which is exactly what I bemoan.