Comment by vovavili
2 days ago
A lot of companies who claim to want highly intelligent and autonomous engineers by revealed preference actually want glorified slightly above average ticket pushers.
At least by the looks of it, Jane Street appears to be an odd one to genuinely value competence.
There are a lot of incredibly smart non-autists. Or maybe slightly autistic, but enough awareness of the real world that they can be managed.
The strong affinity between autism and intelligence seems strongest in technical fields, and engineering and computer science in particular. Autism does not seem to be over-represented to anywhere near the same degree in many other domains that are full of intelligent people.
Is this just from your direct experience or do you have data to back that up? Are you talking about credentialed engineering like mechanical or civil engineering or just software developers?
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Good mentorship can make all the difference in the universe.
I can be a glorified slightly above average ticket pusher, where do I sign up for a million per year job?!
> A lot of companies who claim to want highly intelligent and autonomous engineers by revealed preference actually want glorified slightly above average ticket pushers.
No. FAANG companies and quant firms want people who are independent and self-directed, not people who need to be told what to do.