Show Notes
What happens when a brilliant neurodivergent mind is forced to work inside systems built for someone else? Jeff, a mathematical optimization expert with a PhD from Georgia Tech, shares the moment he realized he had been "speaking neurotypical as a second language" - and why that discovery changed everything. Kenneth Mims, M. Ed. talks with Jeff about the late diagnosis that reframed his life, the work meltdown that led him to research Asperger's, and the painful lesson that high perform...
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