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  • My pattern recognition is off the charts. I can’t explain it very well as I don’t know “how” I do it, but I often know what went wrong and where which lends well to the job that I do. I’m that person going to IT/dev teams like, “you gotta trust me bro”, and I don’t think I’ve been wrong yet at my current job (knock on wood). Beyond work it is very helpful as well.

    I’m also in IT and can troubleshoot like crazy. It’s quite common for me to identify root cause in packaged applications where the vendor support is unable. In one case I was able to tell them exactly the mistake they were looking for in their Java code despite having zero access to their code. I always warn support staff that I bring them two types of problems - utter brain farts where I usually solve it right after submitting or something that is just bizarre/complex as hell. In those bizarre/complex scenarios, the main limitation in my solving the problem is typically proprietary/secret information that they don’t make available. I often have to guide the troubleshooting in those support cases knowing generically what is wrong, but not having the details to just solve it.






  • echo@lemmings.worldtoAutism@lemmy.worldI'm Monotropic, Now What?
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    6 months ago

    I’ve been masking and compensating for so long that I often feel that my answers don’t fully reflect my autism. I’m also incredibly particular about the wording of questions. In many cases a single word changed would dramatically change my answer even though I suspect most allistic people would consider them to be the same question.

    Monotropism Score: 168 / 235

    Your Average: 3.57

    This score suggests that you are more Monotropic than about 5% of autistic people and about 75% of allistic people based on data from the initial validation study.