Hello.

Hey there!

My name is Tom. I’m autistic and really a bit of a loner, I spend most of my time writing and coding. I like to keep fit, I do go out, it’s just people tend to spook me so I tend to be alone a lot. I have a deep love and special interest with aliens… Don’t we all!? Sadly my family don’t but I adopted a really cool dog called Elvis who I chat to about aliens instead. He’s really happy, turns out he’s big on extraterrestrial stuff too!

I like listening to music whenever I can. I own a great array of CDs and records. Same with books, I enjoy reading every now and then but half the books I buy I yet to even read! I’m good at buying stuff and then never using it.
Another kind of special interest for me is electrics. After school (27 now) I did train to become an electrician but during that time I had a bit of a mental health crisis and I haven’t gone back to it. I currently work as a programmer which I get to do at home, win-win for me. I’m still interested in electrics and in my spare time do up old electrical items like games consoles and old record players, Elvis helps of course…

I have two sisters, I’m the youngest, yep growing up with them was unimaginable pain, torture and tears. We live with our mum, who I am certain is also autistic but she’s undiagnosed.

Thanks for reading my introduction. Have a good day and keep being awesome. Alien

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  • Hello Tom and welcome. I'm also a programmer (I suppose software developer more technically) which I enjoy for the problem solving. I also seem to collect large list of things to consume but don't have the time to complete - which is quite annoying for a completionist like myself! One way I work around that is to make a list of it all, occasionally prioritise it so more important stuff is at the top, then I don't need to think about what to read/watch/do next, it's just the next in line.

    I hope you enjoy this community.

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  • Hello Tom and welcome. I'm also a programmer (I suppose software developer more technically) which I enjoy for the problem solving. I also seem to collect large list of things to consume but don't have the time to complete - which is quite annoying for a completionist like myself! One way I work around that is to make a list of it all, occasionally prioritise it so more important stuff is at the top, then I don't need to think about what to read/watch/do next, it's just the next in line.

    I hope you enjoy this community.

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  • Hello fellow programmer! I enjoy problem solving too, it gets the grey matter turning over and if successful then I always feel proud at the end. For me it started with video games that I would hack and mix up a bit, when I was a kid games were single player so hacking didn't ruin the enjoyment for others.

    In the end I enjoyed coding so much I moved on to websites and software. 

    The fact I can do it as a job is all the more better as it is something I enjoy and get to do from home. 

    Good idea with the list. This is something I most definitely should start doing! Smile