Vince Aggrippino 🇺🇸🇲🇾Oct 10, 2024

The attached image shows a quote from reddit by someone with a software development job...

Years ago I was ridiculed, insulted, hated, and harassed for saying that you kinda need to enjoy it to make a career out of software development. You can't just do it "for the money".

I suspect I'd get a similar reaction from a lot of people today.

Now, social skills matter much more than software development skills and the people who got the jobs don't even want them.

#employment #SoftwareEngineering #SoftwareDevelopment #programming

Show threadCuteroll, autistic transgender otterOct 10, 2024
@VinceAggrippino 3h20 of commute everyday
team that doesnt care


has nothing to do with liking touching computers
Show threadVince Aggrippino 🇺🇸🇲🇾

@ctrl I'm starting to realize that the "team that doesn't care" doesn't hit me the same as it does everybody else.

I've got a personality disorder.

In the past, I've found long commutes to be a positive experience. Time for contemplation, almost meditation.

Maybe it's my own oddness that makes me think that guy is irredeemable 🤔

Oct 10, 2024 at 4:00pmWeb
Show threadCuteroll, autistic transgender otterOct 10, 2024
@VinceAggrippino respectfully but we got personality disorder too

and 3h20 is beyond long idk
Show threadVince Aggrippino 🇺🇸🇲🇾Oct 10, 2024

@ctrl Well, mine is called Schizoid Personality Disorder.

When I was diagnosed, I was told it was very rare. And when it was confirmed by a second psychiatrist and a psychologist, I still thought it was total BS.

It took a while, but I finally accepted that it's real.

When others care about me, I find it a little unnerving.

When I _don't_ care about others, it doesn't look like a "personality disorder". It just looks like I'm a jerk.

And I guess that explains my insensitivity to the uncaring team ::shrug::

Show threadCuteroll, autistic transgender otterOct 10, 2024
@VinceAggrippino we don't wanna try do a competition about it, and we certainly dont want to deny your experience either


but yeah from what you say it seems comprehensible you wouldnt care about cold or distance coworkers