Asperger's and IT: Dark secret or open secret?
Asperger's Syndrome has been a part of IT for as long as there's been
IT. So why aren't we doing better by the Aspies among us?
http://www.computer world.com/ action/article. do?command= viewArticleBasic &taxonomyId= 10&articleId= 9072119&intsrc= hm_topic
April 2, 2008 (Computerworld) "Ryno" is a 50-something ex-sysadmin, by his own account "burned out and living on disability" in rural Australia.
He loved the tech parts of being a system administrator, and he was good at them. But the interpersonal interactions that went along with the position -- the hearty backslaps from random users, the impromptu meetings -- were literally unbearable for Ryno. "I can make your systems efficient and lower your downtime," he says. "I cannot make your users happy."
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