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October 7 - October 9, 2023
The age of invention was inextricably tied to the men and women who were able to see in their mind’s eye how to solve a problem, enhance a system, enact a solution.
book Different . . . Not Less, Fisher describes how she found “her people” in the tech industry.
if she had known her diagnosis earlier, she might not have attained such a high-level career; an earlier diagnosis, she suggested, might have held her back.
It’s important to recognize that labels are just that: labels.
They aren’t the entirety of the person, and with respect to that person’s conditions—whether physical, mental, or psychological—they may be attempting to co...
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prefer to call it a behavioral profile instead of a diagnosis.
eliminate the terms high- and low-functioning autism. I would prefer to call them verbal and nonverbal.
emphasis on neurodiversity and inclusion is a good thing.
“inclusion” can sometimes be little more than window dressing.
What Musk is looking for is drive, curiosity, and creativity.
They are appreciated for their deep knowledge, prolific memory, and attention to detail.
people with autism can be highly productive employees if they are given good training and a few accommodations. They may need noise-canceling headphones and a quiet place to work.
Untapped Talent highlights qualities such as attention to detail, high levels of concentration, reliability, excellent memory, and technical ability in people with autism.
In addition to quiet working conditions, it mentions sensory breaks, clear work instructions, and changes in lighting as simple accommodations that may be required.
People with autism are also known to share two other qualities: loyalty a...
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Scientists who are at the top of their field often have diverse interests and are fascinated by many different subjects.
Einstein and his love of music.
Angela Duckworth asks what is more important for achievement: innate ability or effort?
Apprenticeship.gov, there are nearly 26,000 apprenticeship programs
There is a cherished belief in unlimited potential: in America, anyone can supposedly become anything.
visual thinkers, who often learn better through doing.
journeyman license from the US Department of Labor. A journeyman’s license generally allows holders to bid for jobs, perform unsupervised work, and hire unskilled workers.
Handshake is like a virtual job fair, with more than 500,000 participating employers
people tend to believe that everyone sees the world the way they do,
there are verbal, spatial, and object thinkers,
two brilliant minds tinkering and dreaming together: Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak created Apple, Bill Gates and Paul Allen created Microsoft, Sergey Brin and Larry Page created Google, and Mark Zuckerberg and Eduardo Saverin created Facebook.
“Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off the goal.”
our loyalty is to the project, not to management.
techies pretty much hate the suits, while the suits tolerate the techies.
On the top of my list for helping departments work better together is establishing respect.
Much can be solved with better communication,
Verbal, Meet Visual
Not only do I think in pictures, but my mind is associative.
Verbal thinkers love stories;
Spatial visualizers make sense of the world using codes, patterns, and abstractions.
One of the reasons Google became the number-one search engine was its simple white screen with a single search box.
No user is the least bit interested in hour-long classes on how to use a program.
Genius and Neurodiversity
later realize that I shared certain traits with the Wright brothers, such as single-minded concentration,
Thomas Edison. With his record 1,093 patents for new inventions,
Richard Green Parker’s A School Compendium of Natural and Experimental Philosophy
Without mentoring and exposure, even the most brilliant people might fail to find an outlet for their abilities or a path to success.
Who can say what form of wiring will prove best at any given moment?”
A mild case of schizophrenia can confer tremendous creative abilities.
full-blown case can cause paranoid delusions and destroy a person’s mental health.
Sylvia Nasar’s biography, A Beautiful Mind,
if his early genius was in some way a product of his nascent schizophrenia.
visual thinkers with their obsessive focus, attention to detail, and in some cases formidable memory.
many of the successful entrepreneurs are on the spectrum, which “happens to be a plus for innovation and creating great companies.”
Mark Zuckerberg to be on the Asperger’s spectrum.
