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job rule (lemmy.world)

submitted 6 months ago by hypertown@lemmy.world to c/196@lemmy.blahaj.zone

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[-] cumskin_genocide@lemm.ee 50 points 6 months ago

Getting a job is a lot like getting a girlfriend. Your personality matters more than your qualifications.

[-] PopOfAfrica@lemmy.world 50 points 6 months ago

This has been very difficult for my potentially autistic ass.

[-] Ibaudia@lemmy.world 21 points 6 months ago

Personality mirroring and lots of smiles 🙂

[-] PopOfAfrica@lemmy.world 17 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

I usually last about 6 months of masking before I break. The best job I ever had was at a college where seemingly lots of people were "different".

Sadly the campus closed down.

[-] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 2 points 6 months ago

I've found that if I can mask long enough to prove my competence people overlook my being a fucking weirdo when it slips off. I do work in IT though so I'm kind of middle of the pack as far as weirdos go.

[-] henfredemars@infosec.pub 15 points 6 months ago

It can be done. I am autistic, and I’m usually able to fake it well enough to get hired by somebody. Then I try to optimize in ways that reduce the amount of effort I put in to the image.

[-] Speculater@lemmy.world 6 points 6 months ago

I can confirm, I'm very charismatic and have a job I in no way deserve but I'm happy doing it.

[-] cumskin_genocide@lemm.ee 3 points 6 months ago

I literally got my current job by going to their main office downtown and handing in my resume in person. The receptionist told me to wait for 5 minutes and then they had me do an interview the same day.