i'm surprised you never came across this one, michael's story about living with and becoming successful as a programmer with schizoaffective disorder has been available free for awhile and he is an accessible online personality who will participate in discussions, threads, etc.
don't get me wrong, he is not "cured" and from time to time, he has setbacks including delusions and he has been pretty frank about documenting his ups and downs online
here are the links to his story, called simply Living with Schizoaffective Disorder:
Part One:
http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2003/4/11/4127/09278Part Two:
http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2003/4/14/154022/753Part Three:
http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2003/4/18/153456/948at one point i hoped to meet michael, alas it was not to be as his symptoms were really troubling him at that time, but there are a lot of insights there -- his symptoms can be very severe at times so it is amazing that he has been able to overcome and be a success in a difficult area (consulting)