In Denmark, company recruiting autistics only for IT jobs...

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http://www.wired.com/techbiz/people/mag ... list_sonne

Not all IT positions are suitable for us though. Helpdesk, project managers and business analysts require less technical skills and more social skills. It's much too easy to step on someone's ego and completely derail a project.

On the other hand, these positions are perfect: developers, systems and network engineers, database administrators. They require years of school and hands-on experience, and pretty much a lifetime commitment to continuing education. The technology changes constantly. The entire field reinvents itself aproximately every 3 years.

I wonder if Denmark is a nice place to live... Working (are a fashion) in IT, I'm uncertain if I'm that good at looking for detail. Normally yes, but if I'm depressed I just randomly click things and can't really evaluate what I'm doing, hence noticing something out of place isn't likely.

I heard about this already several years ago. It's interesting. However, of course it wouldn't work for all autistics. I am horrible with computers (oh well, still better than the average non-tech NT, but way too bad for a job in IT).

In The Netherlands a similar initiative was started with testers. I do not know if it still exists since the IT market is a bit down.

I am working at an IT company, but I do not like testing. Creating things is better.

I've heard about this. Pretty cool.

It wouldn't apply to me though, as I am not at all an IT "geek". Rather the opposite.

I had a friend from here who moved there and he loves it, he moved with his girlfriend though. He did say it was very lonely not being able to speak the language but he's NT so it would probably be a bonus for us depending on how social you are. He said everyone is attractive and healthy looking and the place is nice and clean. Climate isn't drastically different to Scotland either.

This would be an amazing chance for anyone who was up to the challenge. A new start and all that.

I guess I realized software was the best place for me long before I even knew what Asperger's Syndrome was.
No wonder people used to tell me I did the work of 2 or 3 people! When I'm working, I'm working. I don't wander around the office chatting about useless things with everybody.

Funny someone mentions Business Analysts...it's been said that AS women are a bit better w/people skills just because they are taught this from a young age...I was a system's analyst for some years and the darn marketing people kept trying to move me to their side because of my "technical" and "people" skills...I HATED IT! I just couldn't get along with the marketing people...yes, my people skills were a bit better than most IT people I worked with, but still I hated it...yuk! Eventually the constant pulling me to be in an "NT" type job made me sick...literrally I could not function...it stressed me out constantly or I would end up fighting with some marketing person...yet the IT guys, programmers, etc...loved me...and my attention to detail, etc...after 19yrs at the same company, I pretty much gave up...not because I hated my job as a systems analyst, but because I could no longer deal with what they wanted me to become...ie. an NT marketing type person...yuk!

be proud of yourself for escaping that terrible fate



lol I was the same (different kind of work tho), they either think they have to keep up with your effort and can't hack it or they take it as some kind of insult to their pride that someone works harder than they can be bothered doing. Must say I'm glad I'm out of it.

Wow! Now that's impressive! Especially in this day & age...

That article says mostly, not only, which I believe is a good thing.

Ambilavence, you are correct...

Yes, I too am shocked I lasted so long...haha...Now I just homeschool my great autistic 8yr old!

By the way, I married a "sales" guy...go figure! We are as opposite as they come...He is amazing and after 10 years, he understands my autistic traits, and is actually thrilled that our son is so much like me...he sees it as an amazing gift...our son got the best of both worlds...he is amazingly friendly...weird...but everything else about him is 100% autistic...which is why it took so long to get a diagnosis...

I love the software, I just despise the hardware. Too complicated. But that's cool. I definitely prefer working with computers than with people.