Tales of the Autistic Developer: The Expert - Brandon Weaver

Expertise is a strange concept, and very hard to quantify at that. It's a state in which you exceed in a given field and can stand as an authority, a wellspring of knowledge and an inspiration to others in that field.

For someone with autism and a particular obsessive streak expertise feels like a natural evolution of their interests into solidified knowledge and pragmatism.

Expertise is also perhaps the most dangerous part of an autists career.

Brandon Weaver
Brandon is a Ruby Architect at Square working on the Frameworks team, defining standards for Ruby across the company. He's an artist who turned programmer who had a crazy idea to teach programming with cartoon lemurs and whimsy. He's also autistic, and would love to talk to you about your own experiences.