I think this is kinda sad. I always thought coding was so beautiful for creating a (good paying) job for socially awkward people on the spectrum who pre-coding was considered dorks and went into idk what but probably some unsatisfying job. It seems like we're heading back to that which makes me sad and worried about the highly functioning autistic population.

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kube-system 10 hours ago | parent | next [-]

On the other hand, the increase in remote roles has made this a bit easier for some.

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Xelbair 11 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I am sorry but is being employed a job or a daycare?

Not only this is extremely patronizing towards all people on spectrum, but at the same time extremely hurtful statement for people who are treating employment as a job(ie - most of population).

And what are you going to say to people who are stuck in low-end jobs?

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qoez 10 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I'm on the spectrum to be clear

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Xelbair 8 hours ago | parent [-]

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dang 6 hours ago | parent [-]

Please don't cross into personal attack.

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Xelbair 6 hours ago | parent [-]

It wasn't a directed statement but a general one.

"Conflict is essential to human life, whether between different aspects of oneself, between oneself and the environment, between different individuals or between different groups."

	▲	dang 5 hours ago \| parent [-]
		The obvious default interpretation of your comment is that the other person is using something as an excuse. If you say you did not intend it as a personal putdown, I believe you, but the rest of us don't have direct access to your intent, so you'd need to include enough information in your comments to disambiguate it. More information here in case helpful: https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que... As for Marion Milner's classic paragraph, I'm delighted that you found it worthwhile enough to quote! But you have to read the entire paragraph to understand it, and you can't leave out the word "toleration". That's the most important word there, both in the text and in the title.

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Lorean1 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Sorry but did we read the same comment? It's not patronising. The people who are stuck in low end jobs were not in the scope of this comment (there are also people in war zones or very sick, also out of scope). And how did you manage to find this extremely hurtful to any group...?