Hiring Autistic Workers: 4 Big Tech Companies Embracing “Neurodiversity” in Tech

Can autistic individuals who are “neurodivergent” be good software developers? Sam Altman of OpenAI thinks so because he invested in a startup called Mentra to “match neurodivergent jobseekers with ideal jobs.” It turns out that many tech leaders have Asperger’s Syndrome, which is a type of Autism.
Confirmed cases include Elon Musk, Peter Thiel, and Bill Gates. Non-confirmed cases include the late Steve Jobs Sam Altman and Mark Zuckerberg.
Asperger’s Syndrome