Fellow aspie dev here. Great post, this is very relatable to most devs on the spectrum. For me, the solution has been maintaining side projects so I can compartmentalize work development vs hobby development. The biggest issue for my ASD in the workplace are the social aspects of working with a team, especially working with NT management that may not understand the aversion to communication. I’d be curious to hear your perspective on the communication portions of “career survival” in a future piece.
It may take me a few weeks to get to as I have a conference talk to prepare for, but it will be out in early August at the latest.
I'd like to put a good amount of thought into it, because that's been one of if not my greatest struggles. Realizing how critical communication and collaboration was, and how becoming a Senior engineer was entirely based on that rather than how well I coded.
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Fellow aspie dev here. Great post, this is very relatable to most devs on the spectrum. For me, the solution has been maintaining side projects so I can compartmentalize work development vs hobby development. The biggest issue for my ASD in the workplace are the social aspects of working with a team, especially working with NT management that may not understand the aversion to communication. I’d be curious to hear your perspective on the communication portions of “career survival” in a future piece.
I'm already drafting ideas for such a piece :)
It may take me a few weeks to get to as I have a conference talk to prepare for, but it will be out in early August at the latest.
I'd like to put a good amount of thought into it, because that's been one of if not my greatest struggles. Realizing how critical communication and collaboration was, and how becoming a Senior engineer was entirely based on that rather than how well I coded.