SAP to bring in autistic workers as software testers and programmers

[kyrathaba]

http://gigaom.com/2013/05/21/sap-to-bring-in-autistic-workers-as-software-testers-and-programmers/

Those on the autistic spectrum often display highly focused and analytical traits. SAP is the latest company – and the first major multinational – to move to harness these characteristics for IT-related work.

[Ath]

Why is that different from what they did so far?

[barney]

Why is that different from what they did so far?

-Ath (May 21, 2013, 09:17 AM)

Concur.  Worked with SAP products in the past.  Don't see any significant difference to the employees they had a decade and a half ago.

[kyrathaba]

Perhaps it was just something they pitched to shine in the spotlight of political correctness...

[f0dder]

Why is that different from what they did so far?

-Ath (May 21, 2013, 09:17 AM)

That was extremely offensive towards autistic people, Ath! - I would have written something witty about monkeys, but that'd have been offensive the poor monkeys as well

Interesting to see that it's 'Specialisterne' they're going to work with - they've got a pretty cool background story.

[kyrathaba]

I work with several autistic clients in my practice, and I can tell you that, generally speaking, autism-spectrum-disorder sufferers tend to have a techno-penchant; some of the best computer programmers suffer some degree of autism-spectrum symptoms.