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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You sound OCD about your daily routine and stuff and you are probably on the autism spectrum if you exhibit such resistance to change and such apparently willful misunderstanding of other people's lives. What you describe about your daily life is NOT NORMAL. I'm telling you in case you hadn't realized.

None of these things will help you with career advancement in a field where social skills are important. You will plateau at a level where your technical skills, expertise and productivity are valued, but below the level where you are required to make social connections and valuable client engagement.

I've seen it all before.

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This.  The lifestyle behaviors you've described and the way that you're arguing back at everyone on this thread demonstrates that you're not able/willing to "read the room" or fit in socially with the leadership.  [/quote]

This is so interesting because I have not taken any of OP's responses as "arguing back." I see responding to posts with more information and explaining, even with some healthy self-deprecation and self-awareness. They aren't even criticizing the apparently partner lifestyle, just listing the distinguishing elements. But, OP is not apologizing for themselves or their lifestyle. I am thinking that people may feel called out simply by how OP is living and how people may feel it reflects on their own lifestyles.

OP, I suggest that you take the responses in this thread as a sampling of the responses you will get if people learn how you live. Some people won't give a crap, others will find it interesting, and others will take it as an afront or a living judgment of their maximalist lifestyles.[/quote]

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