Aspies Programming?

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Are many aspies capable of programming?

Are there any programmers here who could fill me in about it? If one was to bust their butt learning programming how long would it take to make a living doing it and what kind of ways can you make money doing it?

I learn C++ but programming skill isn't good yet

Yes.

Done a bit is all sorts of languages both interpreted and complied but never involved in any large projects, Like plain ordinary C the best.

Thanks guys.. I forgot I made this thread. haha

I made another thread in the general autism forum about possibly creating businesses owned by aspies for aspie employees. You guys should check it out.. maybe we could work on a project together.


http://www.wrongplanet.net/postt232690.html

I don't see why Aspies would not be capable of programing. ( or rather any less capable than 'normal' people).
Writing something in embedded C for work atm.
Although I'd be perfectly fine with assembler, or VHDL (yes I know its not a programming language).
Know a little pyhthon, ANSI C, unix shell scripting, as well as client-side web coding.
I'm not sure how good it would be for my sanity long-term though.


To answer the OP.
Last I heard you don't make much money from it these days - you make money from selling 'solutions' to ill defined problems (software consultancy) or a particular branch of graphic design (there's nothing special coding wise about mobile 'apps', Facebook, Twitter, or any other such thing used as a "geeks getting rich" media story).

There is some opportunity in niche manufacturing / services or back-end services in larger organisations (like network operations or maintaining software for banks).
[I interpreted your question in terms of going it alone / contracting or starting your own company].

Yeah I was mainly thinking of self employment or freelancing because it would seem to be more suited to an isolated kind of lifestyle that I prefer.

The problem with that is you need to self-promote a lot. Even if you're a good coder, it's difficult to find clients if you don't know anyone, and even more difficult if you don't have proven experience (i.e. successfully finished projects). There's a lot of competition for general-purpose stuff - php web developers are a dime a dozen. You can make a lot of money (relative to the average income, not even close to a successful lawyer or doctor though) if you're an expert in a highly specialized field (i.e. there's little competition). But there are not that many areas like that (and it takes a lot to be an expert at anything).

I'm curious about this statement, would you care to expand on that?

I worked as a software developer for many years. I am currently doing my own stuff at home but have no job anymore. It has changed so much that India will develop systems for next to nothing. And if you get a job as a programmer anyway they now expect you to do lots more than just sitting and writing code all day.

You also need to appreciate the business area, ie the function of the business that the software you work on is meant to address.

So you get acronyms like CRM (Customer Relationship Management), and ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) or E-business etc.

They want people who can be analysts too and talk to the business people.