What a blatantly ignorant article. Most of these tips are yawn-inducingly normal. The last two are almost offensive.
I think it's cool if a company is willing to support someone who has come forward as having been diagnosed with Aspergers. Someone with this condition might have challenges in the work place that other people do not. Any support and understanding is a good thing.
But I think it's ignorant to hire someone with Aspergers "because they have that genius disease." It's just plain wrong and totally not what Asperger's is.
When Web development company ArsDigita wanted to expand its programmer force in the spring of 1999, founder Philip Greenspun went extreme: He parked a yellow Ferrari F355 in the parking lot, and promised it as a reward to any employee who referred 10 qualified programmers.
Since this "tactic" is over 12 years old and we know what happened to ArsDigita (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ArsDigita), this might be about the worst idea you could have...Shame on you Inc for even publishing this crap.
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What a blatantly ignorant article. Most of these tips are yawn-inducingly normal. The last two are almost offensive.
I think it's cool if a company is willing to support someone who has come forward as having been diagnosed with Aspergers. Someone with this condition might have challenges in the work place that other people do not. Any support and understanding is a good thing.
But I think it's ignorant to hire someone with Aspergers "because they have that genius disease." It's just plain wrong and totally not what Asperger's is.
When Web development company ArsDigita wanted to expand its programmer force in the spring of 1999, founder Philip Greenspun went extreme: He parked a yellow Ferrari F355 in the parking lot, and promised it as a reward to any employee who referred 10 qualified programmers.
Since this "tactic" is over 12 years old and we know what happened to ArsDigita (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ArsDigita), this might be about the worst idea you could have...Shame on you Inc for even publishing this crap.