Well done for your honesty and insightful advice. This is such an important topic especially since neurodivergence is so common in techland. I worked for a company for many years that publicly celebrated diversity in all dimensions but it took me a long time to realize there was a pervading idea of what constituted "normal" behavior and there were daily microaggressions against anyone who diverged from that and an obvious lack of support or understanding. What disturbs me the most is all the talented people who miss out on career advancement because they don't fit the neurotypical rubric that defines performance metrics.
One of the most common things I've seen is engineering teams being generally quite accepting of each other's differences and mostly flexible in accommodating our different styles and needs. The misunderstanding or intolerance often comes from less patient people outside of the teams. This is a generalisation based on my personal experiences of course.
Oh yeah, agree on that. Mostly tolerance on the inside, but apathy or intolerance from stakeholders outside of tech. I could have made that more clear in my comment.
Well done for your honesty and insightful advice. This is such an important topic especially since neurodivergence is so common in techland. I worked for a company for many years that publicly celebrated diversity in all dimensions but it took me a long time to realize there was a pervading idea of what constituted "normal" behavior and there were daily microaggressions against anyone who diverged from that and an obvious lack of support or understanding. What disturbs me the most is all the talented people who miss out on career advancement because they don't fit the neurotypical rubric that defines performance metrics.
One of the most common things I've seen is engineering teams being generally quite accepting of each other's differences and mostly flexible in accommodating our different styles and needs. The misunderstanding or intolerance often comes from less patient people outside of the teams. This is a generalisation based on my personal experiences of course.
Oh yeah, agree on that. Mostly tolerance on the inside, but apathy or intolerance from stakeholders outside of tech. I could have made that more clear in my comment.