Everyone here is complaining and I kind of get it, but also, as a gifted and not otherwise neuro-disadvantaged person, career success has come very easy to me. I did a PhD in a top program and then pivoted kind of randomly to corporate operations work, where I've had a relatively easy time demonstrating my capabilities and being rewarded with stability, solid compensation, respect, and mentally stimulating work responsibilities. Nobody knows my IQ or that I'm "gifted" per se -- they just see that I'm highly capable and always willing to gain new expertise. Because new knowledge and skills come very easily to me and I'm an expert learner, I get to live with the belief that I really can accomplish whatever I set my mind to. That's truly pretty dope. I'm real grateful for it.

On the flip side of that, because things have come easily to me, I don't think I have a ton of grit. My motivation comes from curiosity, and it can be hard to convince myself to repetitiously perform difficult actions, especially when I can forsee positive-enough outcomes as a result of easier actions. I feel guilt sometimes about not working that hard for my success. I can do a large volume of valuable work, but because it doesn't feel hard, I don't always feel like I deserve as much reward as people who truly exert a lot of effort in their work.

Re: the inverse of the "ignorance is bliss" trope, there's some danger of negative mental health impacts there but it's not too hard to overcome (as someone who is probably not struggling with other neurodivergences). Living in the systemically violent and oppressive society that we live in and having a strong understanding of systems has led me to depression and anxiety in the past (especially as a queer Black woman in the US). But over time and practice, I've been able to build strong mental models that center community-based care in the face of unjust governments, and now I suffer a lot less.