07 Jan 2010, 1:12 pm
08 Jan 2010, 6:34 am
Tantybi wrote:
I really think that the technology has opened up new opportunities for Aspies. Yeah, many companies are looking for people with people skills, but because it's so new, many Aspies are creating their own companies. Not all will succeed, but Alex has something cool here, and you might create something cool too. You never know until you try. Either way, from your own home, you can create video games, websites, widgets, applications, etc. You can do all this and still live with mom and dad, and you can do it at age 13 if you have the ability and drive to do it. And, best off, because you are in charge of what you do with your own little company, you can focus it on your skills, and because of the WP, if you need someone whose good at other things, you are sure to find one here.
My thoughts exactly, that's what I'm doing at the moment! I'm 15 and learning how to program so I can make software. Hoping to make millions eventually. As in hundreds of millions. I'm gonna do lots of businesses and devote all of my time to it. It'll be worth it when I get a place on the Sunday Times Rich List
And, of course, it's also easy for any other Aspie to become that devoted too. They can also think logically which is important for programming and business, and some are visual and creative which is very important for creating new ideas you can sell.
I'm surprised there aren't more Aspie multimillionaires myself!
08 Jan 2010, 7:08 am
08 Jan 2010, 7:14 am
08 Jan 2010, 1:38 pm
Asp-Z wrote:
What the hell? Clearly you've never heard of the The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation?
Well, to play a bit of devil's advocate here... he could've easily set up a philanthropic organization at least partly to counteract any negative publicity he might attract from his actions with Microsoft. Companies and individuals with considerable public profiles do this kind of thing all the time.
08 Jan 2010, 2:01 pm
Stinkypuppy wrote:
Asp-Z wrote:
What the hell? Clearly you've never heard of the The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation?
Well, to play a bit of devil's advocate here... he could've easily set up a philanthropic organization at least partly to counteract any negative publicity he might attract from his actions with Microsoft. Companies and individuals with considerable public profiles do this kind of thing all the time.
That's true, but really this whole thing is off-topic. The point is, Bill Gates is a billionaire either way, and there's a chance he has Asperger's.
08 Jan 2010, 3:46 pm
08 Jan 2010, 4:50 pm
08 Jan 2010, 8:32 pm
08 Jan 2010, 9:01 pm
08 Jan 2010, 10:24 pm
08 Jan 2010, 10:41 pm
08 Jan 2010, 11:06 pm
Asp-Z wrote:
Tantybi wrote:
I really think that the technology has opened up new opportunities for Aspies. Yeah, many companies are looking for people with people skills, but because it's so new, many Aspies are creating their own companies. Not all will succeed, but Alex has something cool here, and you might create something cool too. You never know until you try. Either way, from your own home, you can create video games, websites, widgets, applications, etc. You can do all this and still live with mom and dad, and you can do it at age 13 if you have the ability and drive to do it. And, best off, because you are in charge of what you do with your own little company, you can focus it on your skills, and because of the WP, if you need someone whose good at other things, you are sure to find one here.
My thoughts exactly, that's what I'm doing at the moment! I'm 15 and learning how to program so I can make software. Hoping to make millions eventually. As in hundreds of millions. I'm gonna do lots of businesses and devote all of my time to it. It'll be worth it when I get a place on the Sunday Times Rich List
And, of course, it's also easy for any other Aspie to become that devoted too. They can also think logically which is important for programming and business, and some are visual and creative which is very important for creating new ideas you can sell.
I'm surprised there aren't more Aspie multimillionaires myself!
I say go for it and don't let anyone hold you back. I notice in my life I threw away a lot of ideas I had that I wanted to do because people like my parents wanted me to do things normal... go to college, get a job. I've spent the last 13 years of my life failing miserably at that. I think the reason is if my Aspergers has my brain wired differently, then more than likely, I"m going to have to do things differently than most people to achieve similar results. So, if I want to make any kind of living in this world, maybe instead of the default college job thing, maybe I need to do something on my own. It sucks because us Aspies don't have a set formula that non-aspies have to work from that is more customized to our type of thinking. So we do work with a lot of trial and error, and many people around us who don't have Aspergers also don't have the patience for that, so don't let those haters influence your drive to succeed. But don't let me talk you out of college. Many Aspies thrive in an academic setting and wouldn't be where they are today if they didn't at least try. But that doesn't mean to throw away all your ideas to do it, which is what I did and I totally regret doing.
Me, I'm more the creative type. I just subscribed to this cool website... www.lynda.com to help me learn how to use the programs I have on my computer. I just bought Adobe's web premium for school last semester, except that I didn't get the software functioning before the semester ended, but I don't know how to use half the software it came with, at all. So this website is helping, though I hate the videos on coding and stuff because I'm so visual, and I really am brain dead when it comes to technical stuff. I actually watched a good hour or two's worth of videos on php and databases, and I still am not sure what all you can do with it (or even the big picture), but I have a better idea. Anyway, I have some business ideas with graphic design and publishing that I want to do, and I'm not expecting to get rich from it, but I hope with enough hard work, I can make something that resembles a real pay check.
I did watch this program on CNBC about google, and that looks like one of the most awesome companies to work for. Their employee benefits include, free massages at work, free work out / fitness room at work, chef operated cafeteria with about 12 or 13 different food booths in a food court, they do your laundry for free, and they offer free commute system so you don't have to worry about having a car to get to work. But, they have the greatest minds working for them. One guy was saying how he got his Masters from some Ivy League type school, and they used 12 textbooks throughout the Master's Program. The authors from 10 of those textbooks work for google. Anyway, as cool as that sounds, they were nice enough to kinda go into what new things google is working on, which could also translate as what google thinks is cutting edge technology that will boom in the next x amount of years. The one thing they are working on is phone applications... The one application they showed that they were working on was a visual search... you take a picture with the camera on your phone, and you get search results on it such as take a picture of a Diet Coke can and you can see all this info about Diet Coke. Comes in handy if you take a picture of a tourist attraction while you are on vacation, and boom, you got the history, fun facts, hours of operation, a phone number, etc. Anyway, I know if you ever want to get into phone applications, now is the time. The competition is high right now, and a lot of people are already in the system doing this, but I really think in the next 10 years, you will see more a boom in the applications, like we are at the first peak of a new trend. I don't think it would be a great business idea as much as project ideas. Some people have developed it into some business ideas such as social networking apps, but I guess it depends on what you are doing. I did see, on Planet of the Apps on CNBC, that some junior high school students built an application on the phone to practice math problems. I was so impressed that these young kids could do it. Either way, I'm sorry to go on and on, but I do think there is a future with that, so if you are a technical code like person, this might be something up your alley.
09 Jan 2010, 12:21 am
09 Jan 2010, 2:05 am
09 Jan 2010, 2:08 am
Tantybi wrote:
VincentVanJones wrote:
Heres my thought. If the world continues as it is with tech, then maybe those with AS will someday have a legitimate advantage.
However, it is just as likely that sometime in the next 50-200 years that we will either A) Have a mass regression and tech may "go away" for abit B) Kill each other off (WW III) or C)simply run out of power/bandwidth. C is a possible cause of A.
However, it is just as likely that sometime in the next 50-200 years that we will either A) Have a mass regression and tech may "go away" for abit B) Kill each other off (WW III) or C)simply run out of power/bandwidth. C is a possible cause of A.
Which might then cause B because nobody would know how to handle life without their i phone, and we'd be in a world of crap if we had to start depending on people again for the things technology does for us (such as intel on the enemy).
Indeed, I was trying not be overly pessimistic though
I will add that mankind, as a species, is a social being. Even if you have trouble with such things, and/or rather avoid it, being behind a machine forever and never interacting is quite unhealthy. We need interaction to survive.
