Post #631703
2026-03-10 14:46 UTC
Replies (20)
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@sysadmin1138@ngmx.com 2026-03-11 18:47
I'm pretty much a bit of everything on this list, which makes me a very attractive looking employee. However, I'm not actually a Software Engineer. I'm a mechanic who keeps systems running and can patch software. Which is a problem these days, because every employer looks to see if you're a Software Engineer before they assess literally anything else. Contracting labor markets are hard on us all.
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@rey@toot.cat 2026-03-11 18:28
@sysadmin1138@ngmx.com THANK YOU 💜 I am in the last two categories and honestly need to figure out how to resume-ify it, because I love it. I will keep your builds happy, your repositories performant, and know exactly who has the piece of test equipment you need. I test, I debug, I brew coffee, and I will make sure the cursed furby is exactly where it needs to be to keep luck alive. I am a force multiplier. My entrance music is Cake / Short Skirt Long Jacket. You know that weird rattling sound in the HVAC ducts at the office? Leave a ladder out and give me overnight access and it will get fixed and you won't even know. I'm consistently voted "most likely team member to raise their hand in a meeting and say 'Yeah I have done that before' no matter the topic". Anyway, I have an entire life of experience making it fucking work. I can't stop doing it. Your weird bugs that shouldn't happen will haunt me 24x7 until the answer comes to me at 3am in the form of a metaphorical dream. Actually mmhmm I think this is a first draft of a resume
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@irina@wandering.shop 2026-03-11 19:51
@sysadmin1138@ngmx.com I'm #2 and #3, and I don't work in tech but the (awesome) job I do have has both requirements as well. (Also a bit of management, which I'm not as good at but people are forgiving)
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@project1enigma@chaos.social 2026-03-11 20:08
@sysadmin1138@ngmx.com I'm neurodivergent and can't reasonably talk/listen while coding. Surprise, not all neurodivergent people are the same...
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@zygmyd@toot.cat 2026-03-11 23:38
@sysadmin1138@ngmx.com Not for nothing have all the best teams I've been on had Opinions about office overhead lighting. (In one past company management pointed out they were getting questions about whether the company had enough money based on the missing lights in one part of the office. The difference was visible from the street. The reaction from sysadmins was so vociferous that management never mentioned it again.)
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@ahasty@techhub.social 2026-03-11 23:43
@sysadmin1138@ngmx.com I feel so seen by this.. My whole team is represented somewhere in here. Its amazing how differently the same we all are.
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@wesdym@mastodon.social 2026-03-12 05:07
@sysadmin1138@ngmx.com This damn near brought me to tears.
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@isagalaev@mastodon.social 2026-03-12 07:25
@sysadmin1138@ngmx.com I'm 2 and 3. Thank you!
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@sunflowerinrain@mastodon.online 2026-03-12 09:26
@sysadmin1138@ngmx.com Hurrah for the many and varied! Once upon a time a big company's R&D division had training days to discuss the personality profiles* we'd completed. It was stressed that a good team needed at least one of each type. After a later invasion of head office (not R&D) control freakery, standardisation was imposed; the people who did the work but didn't fit the company profile didn't get pay rises. Didn't do the company any good. * Hokum with embedded nuggets of sense
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@lorimolson@mstdn.ca 2026-03-12 14:57
@sysadmin1138@ngmx.com I’m in the middle two categories. The challenge is figuring out which one every day
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@alice@mk.nyaa.place 2026-03-12 19:08
@sysadmin1138@ngmx.com welp, ig I'm the second one here
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@hannah@moonserver.yorha.nexus 2026-03-12 19:12
@sysadmin1138@ngmx.com Somehow this one feels seen just a little.... :neobot_peek:
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@purplewolfboy@rubber.social 2026-03-12 20:00
@sysadmin1138@ngmx.com Four uninterrupted hours sound like a dream nowadays... 🥴
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@emaytch@mastodon.social 2026-03-13 02:47
@sysadmin1138@ngmx.com not in tech but have had a rough enough couple of weeks specifically with being neurodivergent at work that i really appreciate getting to read this and recognize some part of myself in it <3
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@sterophonick@wetdry.world 2026-03-13 04:26
@sysadmin1138@ngmx.com i'm trying my best to be at least some of these categories, but i am still only a student lol
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@fluffy@plush.city 2026-03-13 04:51
@sysadmin1138@ngmx.com I'm basically 2 and 3, and was the one who generally knew everything about the systems but didn't get the recognition and really needed #4 in my life (but also I work best when working with) or at least I was, before I burned the hell out and had to leave tech for my own health and comfort
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@nellie_m@autisticpri.de 2026-03-13 07:12
@sysadmin1138@ngmx.com thank you ❤️ I needed to hear this, 3 days before a deadline with three crazy days ahead wish me luck
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@hhttg@mastodon.online 2026-03-13 11:41
@sysadmin1138@ngmx.com Emergency incident juggler here 🙂 . Thank you and you're welcome.
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@sanguish@iosdev.space 2026-03-13 13:43
@sysadmin1138@ngmx.com please frame this and put it in managers offices!
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@gem@made.asterism.gay 2026-03-18 19:51
@sysadmin1138@ngmx.com Not to be grim, but this "neurodivergent people have super powers" narrative is also misleading. For every single one of those exceeding neurodivs there are also a bunch of those that got lured into the branch (because allegedly it would be just perfect for certain kinds of neurodivergency) that got driven away by ableism and/or sexism, or that got chronically ill by burnout, chronic trauma, or conditions like long covid :neobot_flag_disabled: