What I know about autism

Almost a decade of being a manager and I still have loads to learn.

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I feel very vulnerable writing this post. I am certainly not an expert in the subject and I want to learn more about it. If something in this post is not quite right, I would really appreciate you educating me.

I’ll be honest: when I first became an Engineering Manager, I knew almost nothing about autism. Like many in tech leadership, I had worked with different types of people but I had no real knowledge about neurodiversity.

Today, after managing teams with several engineers on the spectrum and learning from both successes and mistakes, I want to share what I’ve discovered. I’m still learning (autism is incredibly diverse, a…