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Well, programming is now a career choice for extraverts and sociable types, because Agile methodologies and "beware a guy in a room" have normalized more studio meddling from the top. So if there's a pill I can pop to make me more sociable, sign me up if it'll help me find or keep work.

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That's a very bleak view, having to drug oneself to keep a job. I wish you, or anyone, for that matter, needs to do that for the sake of capitalism

I mean we spend 8-10hours a day working at someone else’s command. Things are already bleak. Normal is what you/society says it is.

What can I say, it's a bleak world. People with depression, ADHD, autoimmune syndromes, and other physical or mental disorders drug themselves so they can function in society, so it's not like that's new.

sign me up as well. if i can take a drug to have a better life i’d gladly pay whatever it costs. it sucks to feel as socially isolated as i do. might even improve my job prospects since so many of my rejections seem to be from my neurodivergence not meeting their high standards

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