Never pass up a golden opportunity

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There are Aspies that lament their inability to find employment. When I graduated from college, I went into the military. It was not so much by choice but rather because they implemented the draft by birth date. And because my birthday drew first place; I knew that the military would become part of my life. So I picked among the choices and joined the Air National Guard. It was a good choice. There are benefits for being in the military. I have been a loner most of my life with few if any friends. Now I was part of a team. We looked out after each other. We had each others back.

I have heard that some on this board indicate that if you are an Aspie, the military will not accept you. I don't know if this is true or not. I joined 50 years ago and the times they do change.

But apparently in England, it might be that Aspies are now given a golden opportunity.

British Army wants ‘millennials’, ‘snowflakes’, 'phone zombies' to pick up rifles and defend country

The British Army is recruiting - Calling all “Binge Gamers”, “Snowflakes” and “Selfie Addicts” – lay down your controllers, stop being outraged over everything and put that photo upload on hold – instead, why not join the British Army?

Those are the kind of people Britain's armed forces are now going after in a new advertising campaign launched Thursday targeting everyone from “Class Clowns” to “Me Me Me Millennials”.

“The army sees people differently and we are proud to look beyond the stereotypes and spot the potential in young people, from compassion to self-belief,” British Army Major General Paul Nanson told Sky News.

The ad campaign, which features YouTube videos and posters modeled off the famous ‘Your Country Needs You’ slogan from the First World War, comes as Britain is struggling to recruit new soldiers.

One of the new video ads shows a young supermarket worker playing with shopping carts in a parking lot instead of returning them to the designated area.

“Millennials, useless,” a man who appears to be the manager says, while looking out the window of the store.

Another ad shows a boy glued to a TV set playing a video game and his father lamenting that he has been up all night doing so. “Stamina, don’t underestimate it” a voice in the ad says, praising the gamer’s dedication to battling the fantasy monsters onscreen.

I got hired specifically because of my ASD (as if resume had nothing to do with it) and I still find working 40 hours too stressful. Don't get me wrong, I'm entirely capable of it but the demanding nature of my job is immutable. I like my work a lot but I really need to talk to HR so people will realize what I'm dealing with in terms of health effects and stress in order to make things happen.

I can get a lot more work done in a 30-36 hour week but availability is a concern because I work on a worldwide software engineering effort. I'm trying to take their software development training but before I do I need to make clear that it's about depth of knowledge & not how much code I can write them. For one thing I'm self-trained & I'm also full of repetitive strain injuries & other stuff that makes life at a desk very difficult.

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some things look like a "golden opportunity" and are not.

and vice versa.