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Disabled engineers make great contributors—if they can get past the interview
[...] People with disabilities are under represented in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) jobs compared with their numbers in the overall population, according to the Bureau of Labour Statistics and the U.S. Census Bureau. But those who succeed share qualities of acceptance, tenacity, and resilience. By necessity, these engineers and coders have well-honed problem-solving skills.
There are three examples quoted in the article. I am sure some of you have had similar experiences. What are your views on this?
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(Score: 3, Interesting) by art guerrilla on Tuesday December 27 2016, @11:14PM
modded insightful, and would a dozen times more if i could...
many normies might find the idea a little off-putting, but it REALLY is good advice for introverts to deal with the (so-called) normies...
i, too, avoid the quasi-social events known as office parties (an oxymoron to start with) for ALL KINDS of reasons, NOT just for personal asocial reasons...
for example, i think it is an ethical mess to invite people to a supposedly informal gathering (perhaps with alcohol), where the whole purpose is to chat (which i don't do), BUT, you damn well better avoid any/all controversial subjects, WHICH ARE THE ONLY SUBJECTS WORTH TALKING ABOUT, as far as i'm concerned... what is the point otherwise ? ? ? to enforce a strict set of social norms outside of which you dare not stray for fear of affecting your stupid fucking job ? ? ?
another thing, i have worked for a number of small firms where the owners/principals were damn decent people and treated you well; i have worked for more firms where they do not... and this total and unmitigated bullshit that nearly all companies push that they are 'your family', is insulting on too many levels to count... Joe Boss would fire me tomorrow if it suited the company's purposes, REGARDLESS of my performance, so i don't want to hear 'you are family' lies... if one of my family doesn't work out, we don't show them the door, we show them some more sympathy... so, i don't want to hear this 'family' bullshit, just shut up and let it be what it is, don't insult me with lies like that...
and then -like the poster said- they have these stilted optional-but-mandatory company gatherings that annoy (and NOT just stupid asocial assholes such as myself, a LOT of employees dread these functions) rather than make a real increase in morale... heh, i got an idea, company greedtards: why don't you pay your people a decent wage and not treat them like criminals, maybe that will help with morale...