A community for neurodivergent folks in tech who know what it feels like to dread the standup, blank in an interview, or spend the whole evening replaying something you said in a meeting.
Social anxiety in tech isn't just nerves. It's rehearsing what you'll say before every meeting, then forgetting it the moment someone asks. It's the physical dread of an incoming Slack notification. It's knowing you're good at your job but being completely unable to show it when someone's watching.
This is a place where you can talk about the hard stuff openly, not just quietly work around it on your own.
Practice with people who get what it's like to blank when someone's watching. We talk about the anxiety, not just the algorithms, including how to ask for accommodations without feeling like you're asking for too much.
The racing heart before a standup. The camera paralysis. Spending an hour writing a two-sentence Slack message. You don't have to pretend those things aren't happening.
No calls, no cameras, no expectation to respond in real time. Engage when you have the energy, step back when you don't. The threads will still be there.
For a lot of neurodivergent technologists, this stuff is a daily tax. Paid in dread, in missed opportunities, in energy spent just getting through a meeting. We're building the place where you don't have to pay it alone.
Join the Discord →"I've rehearsed what I'm going to say in the standup and still gone completely blank the moment it's my turn. I needed to know I wasn't the only one."
"The worst part isn't the interview itself. It's the two weeks of anxiety before it, and then the two weeks of replaying every answer after. A community that names that experience matters."
"I've turned down opportunities because the interview process involved too many live calls. I needed a space where people understand that decision without me having to justify it."
"I spent years thinking the anxiety meant I wasn't cut out for this. Getting diagnosed helped. Finding other technologists who felt the same would have helped sooner."
We're just getting started. Join the founding community of neurodivergent folks in tech who know the social side of this job is its own whole thing.
Join the Discord →Low-key virtual events, run by us, for people like us. Body doubling sessions where you work alongside others in comfortable silence, and casual socials with zero expectation to perform or make small talk.
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