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How a Company Made Autism a Career Advantage in Engineering
In this episode of The Diversity Career Podcast, Lucas and Luna examine how one engineering firm turned autism into a career strength rather than a workplace accommodation. They focus on a specific program at Siemens that began in 2021 and now employs over 200 autistic engineers across their software and automation divisions. Lucas breaks down the structured interview process, the mentorship model, and the surprising productivity data: teams with autistic engineers found 40 percent more defects in code reviews. Luna challenges whether this framework could scale outside of technical roles, and…
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