This could basically be a checklist to determine “is this person not autistic”?

When are we going to reckon with the fact that job interviews are designed to keep the neurodiverse out?

  • keepcarrot [she/her]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    2 days ago

    I work for an engineering subcontractor and… How does one find neurotypical engineers lol? Like, I talk to a lot of engineers, our clients (who are from other engineering companies, well, mostly fabrication), drafters etc… Not one has actually struck me as neurotypical, even the ones that claim to be. A lot of chuds tho

    • Imnecomrade [none/use name]@hexbear.netEnglish
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      2 days ago

      I have a feeling many of the IT people at my job are neurodivergent or at least a little bit on the spectrum, which is probably why I was able to easily get the job (contract, not the full-time positions I applied and interviewed for).

    • crime [she/her, any]@hexbear.netEnglish
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      2 days ago

      I’ve worked with some, which is always really jarring, because they still expect to be defining the culture and communication norms, but like… my sister in christ look where you are. You are out numbered. Your preference for eye contact has no power here.

      There’s this screenshot of a comment I used to have saved for a while that goes something like “You hired this man because in high school he built a plumbing system in his garage. It had real human shit in it and he thought it was cool. He’s paid to look at spreadsheets of plastics all day and he loves his job. It’s a wonder any of these engineers speak to you at all.”