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Hi. I'm a 34 yr old software engineer. I have three children who live with their mother in Dallas TX.

I'm looking for several things, primarily: 

• A business partner to manage marketing and sales (software industry)
• Help with graphic design for a couple of my sites: woohooligan.com where I've been trying to sell my own hand-illustrated comic strips and http://on.tapogee.com an open-source software project
• Help with and/or money for advertising

I've spent much of my adult life as a software engineer being exceptionally talented at my job and yet being unable to keep a good job. When I was much younger I butchered my opportunity at a degree, which has hurt me professionally, though I haven't let it stop me. I'm twice certified "advanced" for ColdFusion. I'm published in trade journals. I was a member of two invitation only expert programs, the Team Macromedia program and the Adobe Community Experts. I've given presentations at two conferences and a number of user-groups (in spite of not being very good at presenting). And I've never managed to obtain a job where I would be in charge of technology for my company. 

The last four "full time permanent" jobs I held lasted no more than 6 months. I discovered a couple of years ago that I have an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and received an official diagnosis of Asperger Syndrome in 2007. This syndrome used to be very common amongst computer programmers because of the way it affects the brain. The neurological condition basically is a trade: in exchange for nearly destroying my "people skills", my IQ increases as I get older (it's not supposed to).

Here's a quote from an article I've found:

Asperger's Syndrome is a neurobiological disorder that affects an individual's ability to read and respond to social cues, communicate effectively, and organize tasks. Many people with Asperger's Syndrome have above-average (or even superior) intelligence. Yet they have a hard time recognizing body language, facial expressions, tone of voice and other forms of nonverbal communication which account for about 93% of human information exchange! Instead of intuitively learning social interaction like most people do, individuals with Asperger's Syndrome must learn social skills intellectually.

Thus an individual with an advanced degree may literally forget to smile or greet co-workers in the morning. He may speak to the CEO in the same informal manner as a peer. Questions may be answered too honestly ("I think that's a stupid idea") and instructions taken very literally (jumping up and down when told to "hop to it").

On the flip side, Asperger's Syndrome also confers specific strengths that make these individuals particularly well-suited to jobs requiring attention to detail and prolonged focus. Careers in computer programming, technical documentation, academic and scientific research, engineering, and academia are among the choices that make good use of their logic and analytical skills, excellent memory for facts, vast knowledge of specialized fields, tolerance of routine, and creative problem solving.

The good news is that I have skills. The bad news is that while I've been chasing various "advanced programmer" jobs across the country, I haven't seen my children in years and just a couple months ago before I lost my last job here in Boston I received a letter from the state of Texas threatening to "pursue legal action" if I don't send them $9K for child support that I don't have, never have had (even when we were married) and wasn't ever likely to have because of my autism. In the past (before I found out about my condition), attempts to get legal help all failed.

All of these problems are directly attributable to my disability (ASD). 

The fact that I'm unable to keep a good job for longer than a few months means that I am disabled. I'm applying for disability insurance, which is a long process and also researching legal help related to the disability. Once I'm receiving disability there may also be programs for disabled entrepreneurs to help me with my business. I've read that a much higher percentage of disabled people run their own home-based businesses, which is encouraging news. :) For right now I need a way to stay off the street and out of jail in the interrim.

I would much prefer NOT to apply for disability. I don't feel disabled. I'm applying because I feel I have no other choice. I have no family to help and haven't had any local friends (support network) in many years (which is common for people with autism). There are actually a steadily increasing number of companies seeking out people with Asperger Syndrome specifically for technical work because of our tendency to develop advanced technical skills... in other countries... not in the US. 

On the other hand here are several positive articles about Asperger Syndrome in the workplace.

I'm also not picky. If you're an attorney or know of one willing to help pro-bono, I'd be thrilled to hear from them. :) If you know of an employer in the Boston area looking for a highly visible expert ColdFusion programmer and who is genuinely willing to work with me while I get counseling, great! (My last employer made this claim before hiring me and subsequently refused to allow outside help from a counselor.) I'll graciously accept any help I can get. And I'll do anything I can to return the favor. I'm a big believer in "paying it forward"! :)

I am working to create a foundation (http://academy.affy.com) to pay people while they learn techniques to test software using Agile techniques in the Fairfax, VA area.

My husband was a subcontractor and has No work and I just lost my job due to lack of work and I dont qualify for unemployment, We have 3 Children (son,Jake 9,daughter Shelby 5, Daughter haley 7) and we have no way to pay our bills our church did pay our heat bill last month but we are going to lose our home and our church does not have enough money to help us it is a small church. We Dont want to be homeless for our kids sake could anyone out there help us? If it was just my husband and myself I would not care IT'S MY KIDS I worry about having to live in a car, My libary has grant gate but I cant find anything in michigan, could someone Please Help I would be Very Very Greatful, Thank You Very Much-WorriedSickof3

I need startup money for a home based computer/ marketing/ internet business

Have you ever wondered what would be to find a really nice software product that you want, that is reasonably priced and working flawlessly on your personal computer from the first installation? Sounds good, huh? Imagine now, for a small problem you call the technical support,… suddenly a real, knowledgeable and friendly person answers the phone and within a few minutes everything is back to normal flawless performance… Yeah! You have got me now – I am dreaming.

Well, let us wakeup and take a little different approach, less demanding, perhaps more realistic. Let us say the first two requests are met – the software is nicely designed and built, and you want it. Let us not be way too demanding and let us not start complaining after the fifth unsuccessful installation attempt on two different off the shelf computers built by the two of the leading computer manufacturers. It is not a big deal after all. You can always call a few skilful friends to help, call uncle Harry who is computer wiz working for Dell or IBM and the best part – while they are wrestling with the installation of the software, you can listen to some nice music on the phone while hopelessly waiting somebody from the technical support to answer. Sound’s familiar? I told you that we will get down to earth, didn’t I.

Don’t loose hope. Wait! Somebody will pick up the phone. They always do… eventually. And here it begins – none of the observations on the problem that your small team made is worth anything. Please, let us be patient and listen to the technical support gurus. They know what they are doing when they ask you to restart the computer 2-3 times, unplug all the cables and plug them in again, check the weather outside or check the phase of the moon… and some other important manipulations. You better follow closely the instructions if you want to spear your own time – the tech guru obviously enjoys unlimited time. Who cares for the next sucker on the phone - he is listening to the nice music and should not complain.

Ultimately we are getting to the point where it becomes absolutely clear that you need to buy a piece of new hardware for your computer in order to run this software. Yeah, yeah… I remember that both of the machines that you are playing around with are brand new and the leading manufacturers make them… I know that they meet all the listed system requirements… anyway, I am telling you – you need this hardware. Let us not be shortsighted – why argue – your new computer will become even better after all. The software was reasonably priced. You saved a couple dollars. What is the problem with spending a couple hundred more to achieve two goals at once – working software and a better computer. There is a small obstacle though – your local electronic store does not care such an advanced piece of hardware, but that is for you own good – you can order it via the Internet and save even more money. Smart, huh? Usually, in less than 10-15 days we will be almost ready to try the software again. Call you small army of helpers again to install the hardware for you – they have nothing better to do anyway. Look at their faces when they try to install the software again and get the same nonsense error message – it is fun. If you stupidly forgot to start calling the technical support right at the beginning of these events, now all of you will listen to the boring music for a while.

Naturally, you can’t talk to the same person as before but it is not that bad. The new guy sounds even more knowledgeable and he is attacking the problem from a slightly different angle. He is not even mentioning the word hardware and he is kind of talking for different things. You are under the impression that he has no idea about you case. The truth is that he indeed has no idea about your case. There may or may not be a record of your case, but even if there was a record, why bother reading it, since you are on the phone anyway and you will tell him the story.

This guy begins guiding you to update every single driver in your newly purchased system. Then he is making you close anything and everything that is running on your computer, including the antivirus software and the firewall. The firewall may need only to be setup correctly and to let it be there, but you don’t know how to do it anyway, so don’t complain and shut the darn thing off, please. Once we bring up-to-date every possible thing in our new computer and all the test shows that our machine is really ready to do some computing, the tech guy is instructing you to uninstall the software and to start a new installation again… only to get exactly the same result as before. Then… then there is a pause. The problem is complicated and should be elevated to the next technical support level. Wow… next level! I bet you never thought of such a thing but now while you are listening to the annoying music again you are thinking… you are thinking what support level you might need if the installation actually passes.

In the mean time your helpers are bored to dead, run out of beer and finally decide that they have reached their limits. They are living you on your own.

After good 10 minutes or so the music is interrupted by the voice of the same person that you spent last 45 minutes with. What else did you expect?… only the level has changed. Now the tech-guy is giving you an Internet URL address where you can find and download the latest patch for the software that you purchased a few days ago. The patch is applied flawlessly and… YES!!!… No, no, don’t get me wrong the software is not running yet but the error message is different. It is somehow refreshing, isn’t it? Now the tech-guy makes a really long pause - so long that you are not sure whether he is still on the other end of the line. Since you have nothing else to do but wait, you have enough time to start your second machine with the off the shelf hardware and old drivers, and to apply the software patch. Then suddenly… the software starts running on this computer. Wow! Unbelievable! You proudly announce this fact to the tech-guy perhaps expecting to sense some confusion or maybe to get some explanation about the recommendation to purchase the expensive piece of hardware that you obviously don’t need. Don’t be so naive! All you get is – “Good job! Finally WE did it. What else can I do for you?” Now you got really scared – what if you accidentally ask him about that weak sound that you heard the other day while you were driving your car… better don’t. Just say thank you and be happy. After all you have enough reasons to be happy – The software is running and you made it yourself. You also have a really well updated and upgraded second computer. It is true that you may need to call again your helpers to remedy some of the updates made in order to make it usable but what is the big deal. Forget about this now, and let us concentrate on the running software – we have more fun on the way.

Now since we have running software it is completely new ball game. It doesn’t take long to realize that whoever wrote this software never had any idea that there is other software that you may want to use on your computer. The guys that wrote this piece of software had in mind all the resources that you computer can offer.

... it feels good to help!