I found it extremely easy to become a subscriber via an online webform, but far more difficult to cancel as you have to do it via phone call with someone paid to keep you subscribing.
Also consider the ordering of the reviews - yelp can show them in whatever order they like, so you can be a "3.5" restaurant with a full first page of 1 and 2 star reviews, regardless of whether those reviews are newer or older or have been voted up or not.
I wonder then if its the absorption of the gut or if it is the conditioning. If the gut flora have to adapt to trying to break down an impenetrable compound they might become super strong at breaking down simpler molecules no?
You said he "doesn't have what it takes" which was what I was disagreeing with - he may very well have what it takes but he's chosen to not pursue that path.
I know this is outside the topic, but to critique your analogy - you could spend a lifetime trying to make a better battery, and share the knowledge of 1000 ways to not make a better battery, which is useful in and of itself.
Or perhaps he doesn't WANT to be the kind of person you "we all" wish he was. This idea that people who are good enough at a thing must somehow become a CEO or leader creates a lot of unhappy people. Let the managers manage, and the engineers make things. Don't put pressure on people to do something they don't want just because you want to see what happens.
Seems to me like there's plenty of help around if you're a founder, but not very much if you're just a programmer, especially a relatively new one. I don't have many contacts for career advice and frequently have to kick myself to maintain my drive - it seems to ask for help would be to invite a bunch of people to tell me my skills are shit.
Autism can range from being extremely debilitating with a person being unable to live any semblance of an independant life to a different mindset with specific advantages in some situations. To those who see someone with what people call "autism" they are mostly talking about people on the lower end of the spectrum, and its hard to say that its not a developmental disorder in some way.
An introvert will lose energy rather than gain it in complex or highly active social situations, but will still emotionally feel a good connection with the person or people they're around. Someone with ASD has a much more difficult time "feeling" the positive benefits of socialization, whilst they may learn to enjoy it more from a left-brain analytical perspective. Not to say its a lack of empathy, in fact you can actively feel other's emotions in many cases, but the actual inner feelings of community and belonging may be pretty muted.
Thats exactly how I feel myself. I've learned all the social games and have a lot of friends, high levels of success both professionally and socially, but its extremely rare that I feel a real connection to the people I'm around. I always feel like I'm faking, and its somewhat exhausting to keep my face up. I was also diagnosed with ASD in the 90s, and had probably a 10 year old's social ability by the time I finished high school. I've made up for a lot of time very quickly, and I no longer feel behind but there is definitely something missing.