I feel very similarly. I'm also an extremely visual thinker who has a job as a programmer, and being able to bounce ideas back and forth between a "gifted intern" and myself is invaluable (in the past I used to use actual interns!)
I regard it as similar to using a text-to-speech tool for a blind person - who cares how they get their work done? I care about the quality of their work and my ability to interact with them, regardless of the method they use to get there.
Another example I would give: imagine there's someone who only works as a pair programmer with their associate. Apart, they are completely useless. Together, they're approximately 150% as productive as any two programmers pairing together. Would you hire them? How much would you pay them as a pair? I submit the right answer is yes, and something north of one full salary split in two. But for bureaucracy I'd love to try it.
I regard it as similar to using a text-to-speech tool for a blind person - who cares how they get their work done? I care about the quality of their work and my ability to interact with them, regardless of the method they use to get there.
Another example I would give: imagine there's someone who only works as a pair programmer with their associate. Apart, they are completely useless. Together, they're approximately 150% as productive as any two programmers pairing together. Would you hire them? How much would you pay them as a pair? I submit the right answer is yes, and something north of one full salary split in two. But for bureaucracy I'd love to try it.