I’ve read about how it’s typically difficult for adults with autism to remain employed, and I can completely see why. Never been officially diagnosed, but I’m pretty sure it’s a foregone conclusion in the way that I constantly over analyze every action taken by my co-workers and supervisors

So yeah there’s definitely some ND thought here, but I also can’t seem to get past how fake everything feels. And it feels like I have to play along with their little game where they all assume different personalities between the hours of 9-5 instead of being themselves. Because contrary to popular belief, individuals aren’t beneficial to capitalism, drones are

I hate my brain

  • bubbalu [they/them]
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    2 years ago

    Right?! I used to work in a technical field and had a wonderful older coworker who was autistic and a national expert on pumping systems and he made HALF what our slimey sales lead who failed out of the technical track does! Not to fetishize technical skills, but he was orders of magnitude better at his job than the guy in sales and had been working a decade longer to boot. Just did not want to play office politics or the career game because he really enjoyed actually designing things.