Pattern recognition/increased perception

I worked for 4 decades in IT support in all levels and the use of pattern recognition is an incredibly useful part of the diagnostic process.

Looking for what looks out of the normal in the logs of a computer gives a great deal of information to track down the things causing the issue that is being reported when someone is having computer problems.

Seeing screenfuls of logs scrolling away and being able to spot certain codes in sequence so they can be zoomed into makes so much difference.

Even running through various diagnostics and looking for anything slightly out of the ordinary also helps get to the root cause of the problem fast but it requites a lot of focus on little things going on on-screen and listening for little things like to cooling fan going faster, the cursor getting erratic of unusually slow response from the application.

I guess AI will be able to do all this in due process. I was involved in training AI to take over my role when I retired so I have seen it in operation and it is scary.

IT support is an area a lot of autists gravitate towards (possibly ironically as it is often unsuited to them) as it is both an entry level way into an IT career and a place where other IT teams dump staff into when they don't get on with them - or where some favourite of another senior manager asks for their offspring to be given a job in IT.

The requirements of being often on the phone with people, having to interact with people routinely, dealing with upset or angry users and multitasking are all core requirements which are regularly things autists struggle with though.

The attrition rate is therefore quite high as autists cannot hack the requirements and it unfortunately makes them therefore unreliable to hire.

Wow I bet you are a real computer whizz, I enjoy the solo aspects of working on computers, not so much the fixing and maintenance part but the daily usage as a tool. I would give an example of mine for instance if someone had moved house (anyone) 4/5 times over the last few years without any real cause I’d say they were problematic to be around and should probably be avoided (to me personally) because the lack of structure indicates emotional/personal instability which could cause me or others harm and I like to be especially picky of those in my world. I know these sound like real harsh words but i say them with no emotion just in a factual way without trying to upset any readers on purpose and in the hope of finding similar like minded people who may be on the gifted spectrum.

Wow I bet you are a real computer whizz, I enjoy the solo aspects of working on computers, not so much the fixing and maintenance part but the daily usage as a tool. I would give an example of mine for instance if someone had moved house (anyone) 4/5 times over the last few years without any real cause I’d say they were problematic to be around and should probably be avoided (to me personally) because the lack of structure indicates emotional/personal instability which could cause me or others harm and I like to be especially picky of those in my world. I know these sound like real harsh words but i say them with no emotion just in a factual way without trying to upset any readers on purpose and in the hope of finding similar like minded people who may be on the gifted spectrum.