Today at work I figured out why we were getting so many errors when sending out eligibility requests to Medicare. There was a problem with the password checking program which I figured out after sifting through the code. No one else at work could figure this out like I can but my skills go unrecognized because they are too unusual. I think this is a general problem with being an aspie. Our skills are devalued because NTs have a hard time even comprehending that a human can do the things we can. All I have to do is stare at the code for a while and it becomes crystal clear. Do any of you also feel this way?
Yes, this kind of situation happens to me quite alot. I often think about how things could be improved and my suggestions are ignored. I think that different thinking is feared by people who want to conform, so even a good idea is ignored if it comes from the wrong person, me!
I hate when this happens!! Or even worse, when you point out a way to improve something and it's ignored/brushed off/laughed about/etc then someone else says it a short time later and they're considered brilliant!! I hate, hate, haaate that!!
Sure. Having skills that most people don't have often just makes me look "like a genius" when my IQ is pretty normal... The problem with that is that people expect too much of me, and if I don't do something, I look lazy!
a good idea is ignored if it comes from the wrong person !
An excellent way of describing the *** NTs !
They are **** religious !! (if you can understand what i mean). It is like the *** Christians who say that whatever The Buddha said is just wrong simply because he is not mentioned in the Bible ! ! ! ! Gosh! Can you believe it ! ! !
Brilliant post, Mike !
Sure. Having skills that most people don't have often just makes me look "like a genius" when my IQ is pretty normal... The problem with that is that people expect too much of me, and if I don't do something, I look lazy!
Similar problem here.
My high verbal IQ has been deceptive and misled people into thinking I should "therefore be good at everything else."
That is just not the case. I don't know why people around me can't figure this out. I am very creative and a good writer, so that means every other skill should be even with those two skills?
I don't get it... !!
Very good in one thing and average in some other is nothing special. It becomes explosive if one is very good in one thing and bad in another. Then one meets complete miscomprehension from other people. Then people tend to reduce your abilities to one of the two.
Very good in one thing and average in some other is nothing special. It becomes explosive if one is very good in one thing and bad in another. Then one meets complete miscomprehension from other people. Then people tend to reduce your abilities to one of the two.
That's precisely what I was saying, or trying to say.
There's so much inconsistency with my skills and abilities, people don't know what to think anymore.
I hate that when I get the right answer to something, but because it was me people automatically assume it was wrong!
And yes. Group work is the worst because people ignore your ideas, ne?
Yes--the person who's most charismatic gets listened to, not the person with the best ideas (which may or may not be, but often is, the uncharismatic 'geek').
Reminds me of a story of one company which selled encyclopaedias. One they hired a man who was called Big John. John was extremely tall, about 2.10 meters, and had very strong muscles. Every time he had an encyclopaedia to sell he sold it to the first client. Seeing his success, the director of the firm decided, that other selling agents should go to John and watch (individually) how he sells encyclopaedias. The first 2-3 agents, after watching John, said "Damn, I don't know how he sold it! He said almost nothing about what he sells, his reclam is extremely bad". The director, after having herad that, decided to watch John himself. Indeed, his reclam was very bad but he sold every encyclopaedia.
It seems, people were just overwhemled by John's body size and bought it before John was able to say something about the encyclopaedia which is to solve. His physical appearance was enough. It was confirmed, as a couple of days some woman called the company and said: "I bought from your agent somethning, WHAT WAS IT?".
That's how people think. Either strong physical appearance or good rhetoric skills seem to be enough to convince. If both is bad, you have no chance, even if you are correct.
I hate that when I get the right answer to something, but because it was me people automatically assume it was wrong!
And yes. Group work is the worst because people ignore your ideas, ne?
me too.
I hate that when I get the right answer to something, but because it was me people automatically assume it was wrong!
And yes. Group work is the worst because people ignore your ideas, ne?
me too.
massive vobulary, math wiz.. i cant spell it.it could go the other way too though: reanozed by the wrong person.
the person who's most charismatic gets listened to, not the person with the best ideas (which may or may not be, but often is, the uncharismatic 'geek').
Yes, interaction between individuals tends to become a popularity contest. When I express my ideas I normally don't expect the support of others. I've begun to accept that I'm a person who sees the world in his own unique way.
I get frustrated when they don't listen to my ideas and go their own way and get it wrong and waste too much time. Also, hardly anybody at work seems to recognise that I have a large vocabulary.
I did two weeks of work experience at a robotics company when I was 17. There was a little robot they had in the research and development department which was designed to walk down pipes and find leaks, but they couldn't make it walk properly because of an error in the programming.
I had never done any programming before, and had only ever used computers for word processing. I sat down at the computer, looked at the program sequence, spotted the problem and fixed it within half an hour.
The guy who had been trying to get the robot working for weeks was amazed. At first he said it must be a fluke, until I explained what the problem had been and how I had fixed it. After that he seemed to go into a sulk, and I was sent to a different department to draw circuit diagrams on AutoCAD (boring).
I think he was annoyed that a 17 year old could fix a problem that a man in his 40s with a Masters degree couldn't, and I also got the impression that he found my ability rather creepy.
A few days later I was allowed back into R&D and the robot wasn't walking properly again. The engineer had tried to 'fix' whatever I'd done to it, and now it didn't work! He asked me to take a look at it, but after the reaction I'd got the first time I couldn't be bothered so I pretended to have a look at it, told him I didn't know how to fix it and left.