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?
by Tracy Mayor
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."
Bob, a database applications programmer who's been working in high tech for
26 years, has an aptitude for math and logic. And he has what he calls his
"strange memory." If he can't recall the answer to a question, he can recall
exactly, as if in a digital image, where he first saw the answer, down to
the page and paragraph and sentence....
http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9072119
- sjl
midrange.com
