Hiring is unfair for neurodivergent people. Not neurodivergent (as far as I know) but I wanted to reflect on some of the situations my friends have been in. Buddy has been in software engineering for about three years. Worked at a decent mid-size place during COVID, got laid off when the budget tightening hit. He's autistic but highly functioning (apologies if that's not the preferred language for it). Every interview he's had has come down to the lack of a "culture fit." He's an extremely nice dude that loves talking about his interests and has trained for interviews extensively. But sometimes he'll look away from the camera for too long because he's nervous, or rock back and forth in his chair (very slightly) before realizing what he's doing and stopping. This is enough for the interviewers, in his words, to become visibly put off and notice it.…