Apparently, I have a sensitive sense of smell that’s attached to my memory. I hadn’t seen my sister for 7 years once. When I saw her again and she hugged me, the first thing I said was, “You smell the same.”

Some people have told me that I “see everything”. Anyone else ever been told this? I guess I perceive details and changes a lot more than most people? I find it odd though, because I definitely overlook a lot of things. Like the most major things, I will overlook. I had friends that had black rocks/crumbled asphalt around their driveway. I used to go there almost daily. One day, they covered the black asphalt with white rocks. I didn’t notice until they pointed it out. Is that a thing? Or could it be dissociation? I’m confused by it.

I’ve been told I’m really smart, but I honestly think I’m an idiot. Like, I can understand science, history, theories, etc., but that’s so simple because it’s just facts and logic. I can get hyper-fixated on a topic and become an expert at it. However, I can’t have a small talk conversation without coming off as dumb, nervous, shy, aloof, or rude. Sending work emails is an event for me because I have to figure out if I’m being rude, insulting, unprofessional, too friendly, or giving too many details. Shoot. People will laugh at something I said that was dumb or aloof at least once a week. Not that I’m ashamed of it, but it’s just a sign of me missing something. I know I’m stupid. It’s okay. Also, people will tell me things and I just believe them. Later on, when something goes bad, I get told that I should have known better or it’s my fault for staying in that situation. 🤷

My ultimate talent is being confused. If I had a catch phrase, it would be, “What’s happening?”

Really good at programming.

I know most programming languages and have so many opinions of them, many angry ones.

Have made many small games, servers, web apps, desktop apps, high frequency trading code, 3D graphics software, random number generator library.

At a company I worked for, I solved their programming test with a hand coded printer document: When printing the document, overly complicated document layout rules would solve the problem on the printer’s little computer chip and print out the solution. (Obviously not during the interview, but afterwards for fun.)

Yes it sounds like insane bragging but this is what I do and I am happy about it and proud of it.

I’ve been told I’m a very good driver, in the sense that people feel safe and comfortable in the car when I drive, and can fall asleep easily. I also usually get better gas mileage than even the manufacturer’s claims. Learnt that while transporting sick and injured people for the Red Cross.

I’ve been told I’m a very good cook, and am often asked to taste test food and tell if something is still missing. It’s a result from having been poor for 2 decades and a need to make tasty meals out of whatever ingredients were available or about to spoil. You get creative with combinations and learn what works and what doesn’t, that way.

And people seem to be impressed with how good I am at fixing or figuring out technical and computer things.
Although all I really do when I troubleshoot is mentally break the system down into small parts and then apply the scientific method (or the Sherlock Holmes method, I guess) of ruling causes out until only one possibility remains.
By the way, that principle is perfectly described in the book “Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance”.

Every? None.

It would help to rephrase or contextualize your question, in order to find better answers. E.g. What motivated you to ask? Do you have any suspicions on ubiquitous talents?

I learned to code quite early, but I wouldn’t say it’s my talent 😅.

Other than that, I’m good at math

I would imagine autistic people have the same various talents as anyone else. Being autistic doesn’t immediately give someone access to some mysterious specific “talent” like The X-Men lol