Ask HN: Asperger, How to Get Funding?
Working for others hasn't been great for many easily avoidable reasons that can be related to that. I've consistently brought up solutions to issues that were going to be the downfall of a company or a project, for them to be ignored or acted on in insufficient ways. Every single "I told you so" moment like this comes with a longer depression and a little bit more disdain for our society as I see people get hurt and enormous amounts of time wasted for reasons that could have easily been avoided. Every single time I get out of those depression phases by working on something I believe can succeed, either at a new job or a personal project.
I want to be done with that cycle before it makes me bitter. The solutions I see: - Choose my employers way better - Stop even looking for a job, make my own and build great things
I'd prefer to fail on my own terms, not someone else's and I've been working on a project on the side but have never felt quite ready to bring others along.
With all the recent waves of lay-offs, I see many overperforming individuals I've worked with in the past which I would team up with if I could. This would require funding. Looking for funding seems to be a wall I can't figure how to begin climbing and I think it's mostly due to Asperger in many ways and I'm not confident I can surmount that one alone in time. My main issue there seems to be some analysis paralysis, I simply do not know enough about the subject and it's preventing me from action, I see many opaque options I don't understand and haven't figured how to optimize through them and move forward and picking one blindly has too much potential risk.
I seek help, advice, mentoring, examples, solutions. From people that went through this before and know the road, or even hearing from some dealing with Asperger that overcame that in one way or another.
Since I think it matters for funding, I'm in Canada / Montreal area and I'm working on a game that I believe fills a large hole in the market that's been up for grabs for a long time, with players going from a game to another where they all fall short.