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What is Your Job?

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Been a technical writer for most of my working life. Good for those with a slight technical bent, eye for detail and pedantic about grammar and logic.
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I sometimes have to write maintenance manuals for my projects, and I enjoy it. The only writing intensive course in college that I liked and did well in was Technical Writing.
 
I just figured out that at least for me anything with customer service is OUT because I just have a mortal dread about having to deal with a member of the general public in a work capacity especially like in a call center it just feels so high pressure and it's like every time a call comes in you worry about messing up and the person who calls is an unknown commodity and thats nerve racking for me. I only lasted 3 days at AAA before I knew it was going to be a nightmare job for me so I just quit rather than be made a fool of. I'm now going to focus on things like record keeping, file clerk, or maybe warehouse if I can find one. It sucks because I still have like hardly any work experience. The last two jobs I've tried, receptionist and the call center, have been a disaster and I quit both within hours or days.
 
Robby said:
I just figured out that at least for me anything with customer service is OUT because I just have a mortal dread about having to deal with a member of the general public in a work capacity especially like in a call center it just feels so high pressure and it's like every time a call comes in you worry about messing up and the person who calls is an unknown commodity and thats nerve racking for me. I only lasted 3 days at AAA before I knew it was going to be a nightmare job for me so I just quit rather than be made a fool of. I'm now going to focus on things like record keeping, file clerk, or maybe warehouse if I can find one. It sucks because I still have like hardly any work experience. The last two jobs I've tried, receptionist and the call center, have been a disaster and I quit both within hours or days.
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So much better for you to work this out now than later in life. I struggled with this for decades...working in a social capacity that well...made me ill much of the time. I pushed on...but it was a wonder that the stress didn't kill me. I got out...having vowed I would never work in such a capacity again. And haven't.

Long before I ever determined that I was on the spectrum of autism.

Many of us are capable of such jobs...but the potential cost of doing them can be devastating over the long term. Perhaps the most valuable hindsight this old Aspie can pass on to the rest of you.
 
Judge said:
So much better for you to work this out now than later in life. I struggled with this for decades...working in a social capacity that well...made me ill much of the time. I pushed on...but it was a wonder that the stress didn't kill me. I got out...having vowed I would never work in such a capacity again. And haven't.

Long before I ever determined that I was on the spectrum of autism.

Many of us are capable of such jobs...but the potential cost of doing them can be devastating over the long term. Perhaps the most valuable hindsight this old Aspie can pass on to the rest of you.
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I really dislike working with the public too. At least my passengers are regulars and don't bother me. Still, it can really be draining. I can understand, Robby. I'm thinking about going back over the road after July 20th. I will have fulfilled my 6 month obligation to my bus company for the cost of adding the passenger endorsement to my CDL. I really miss how freight says nothing at all.
 
wanderer03 said:
I really dislike working with the public too. At least my passengers are regulars and don't bother me. Still, it can really be draining. I can understand, Robby. I'm thinking about going back over the road after July 20th. I will have fulfilled my 6 month obligation to my bus company for the cost of adding the passenger endorsement to my CDL. I really miss how freight says nothing at all.
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When you say going over the road, do you mean that's when you will start up your small business with hauling cargo?
 
Rayner said:
When you say going over the road, do you mean that's when you will start up your small business with hauling cargo?
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It means that I'm going to work as an independent contractor for an expediter service. This expediter is contracted to FedEx Custom Critical. In effect I would be running for FedEx. So, yes, it will mark the very early stages of my business. My plan was to begin this way and slowly work towards truck ownership and hotshot hauling.

Dealing with groups of people is getting under my skin.
 
wanderer03 said:
It means that I'm going to work as an independent contractor for an expediter service. This expediter is contracted to FedEx Custom Critical. In effect I would be running for FedEx. So, yes, it will mark the very early stages of my business. My plan was to begin this way and slowly work towards truck ownership and hotshot hauling.

Dealing with groups of people is getting under my skin.
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That's neat. What is your timeline for getting your business up and running?
 
I (stereotypically) work in the tech sector. I started off repairing computers and teaching how to configure BBS' (Bulletin Board Systems) since I as always on them. From there, I dabbled in programming (COBOL and C++) and moved on to web design.

I then got into systems administration (Windows and UNIX) and networking as our small company needed people to help out. I worked my way in other odd computer related jobs, moved in to firewalls and now work in Information Security watching and mitigating threats.

I am very thankful to have a good boss, who is a bit aware of me and how I may need to take breaks, have something explained differently or even take time off.
 
Well it's a learning experience. I feel like the AAA call center job just would have been way too much too soon for someone like me who has not been in the workforce recently. Meeting with my Voc Rehab caseworker again next week for formulate new plan. Onward and upward. Lesson learned, avoid call center jobs and customer service! I am very very visual, and organized, and somewhat verbal in person, and have a lot to offer as far as always being well dressed on time and a good attitude. I am hoping to find something like record keeping or file clerk or something like that where I can work independently and do repetitive tasks so I can at least pad my resume some. At least those jobs I could do. I'd like to try and find something in an office setting, but am still open to production work if the hours are ok and the pay is decent. I think any repetitive, predictable, fairly basic job would be good for me just so I can get some work experience under my belt. The last two jobs were both heavy on the auditory and multi tasking, which I suck at. So lesson learned.
 
I work at Google X, lots of top secret stuff happens where I work, I work as their receiver for their cafe Market Place, I see and interact with Astro Teller and Sergey Brin on a daily basis sometimes Larry Page, we do get occasional celebrities that visit our building, we had a visit from Micheal J Fox and later on Adam Savage from Mythbusters which is pretty cool to say the least! Adam savage walked right past me while I was doing my errands, it was awesome! I only make 15 an hour but i love it! The building I work at is exclusive even Googlers from the main campus don't have access here and need google security to escort em in when they are assigned here for their next project. I see Astro every day and interact with him but with Adam Savage that's a one time thing! Adam walked right behind me he had a black cowboy style hat it was cool!
 
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I'm a writer and editor. My attempts to work for other people (as an employee) seem always to be doomed to failure. I actually quit my most recent job a couple of days ago.

I'm going back to working for myself, as that just seems to work better for me.
 
Oh yeah Astro likes to rollarblade alot on campus!
They were both on campus and Astro is always there on campus, I even helped him through the gate and said good morning and he said good morning back, he loves to rollerblade alot at work! Tis a sad shame Wrong Planet banned me when I work at a cool job with high end people, their loss is your gain, this interview was on Monday! I have met both folks, I see Astro every day he rollar blades a lot on campus, likes the coffee early morning and the Pizza at our pizza station during lunch.
 
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Oh yeah Astro likes to rollarblade alot on campus!
They were both on campus and Astro is always there on campus, I even helped him through the gate and said good morning and he said good morning back, he loves to rollerblade alot at work! Tis a sad shame Wrong Planet banned me when I work at a cool job with high end people, their loss is your gain, this interview was on Monday! I have met both folks, I see Astro every day he rollar blades a lot on campus, likes the coffee early morning and the Pizza at our pizza station during lunch.
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Great interview. Thanks for posting! Robotic moles... what a way to get people to think!
 
I dropped out of college with straight-A's. Couldn't stand the boredom. I was already working for a small tech company, in a non-technical entry position, and convinced my employer to give me a chance in an engineering position. Fell in love with the job, been there 13 years next month. If you have drive, you don't need a degree - I only have a GED, but working an engineering job most people with Masters degrees would dream of. My secret isn't much of a secret - I found a job I enjoyed, and I naturally needed to learn everything I could about it, and success automatically followed. Hope that helps.
 
Don't try to force yourself to enjoy a career and get good at it. Find something you enjoy, and you'll have a natural desire to excel at it.
 
I am awful with face-to-face human interaction, and thus snagged a job as an Internet Technical Support Specialst (which is salary 45k/yr) which I never went to college for. I'm really good at customer support, just not when I have to make eye contact. I'm quickly excelling at my job and love being a cubicle monkey! Also, you can always go to a technical school and get an associates in Info Tech. :3
 
If anyone lives in the SF bay area wants a job contracting with Google let me know! http://www.bamco.com/ if you want to work in their cafes, 15 an hour starting wages with free food paid vacation and health benefits.
 
I'm the exact opposite. I'm pretty good at face to face interaction socially, but in a job setting it totally freaks me out, maybe because there you have responsibilities and I'm afraid to mess up or something. I am terrible at auditory processing, so any telephone job would be out of the question for me. So I suck at any customer service and would not do that kind of work at all.
 
Robby said:
I'm the exact opposite. I'm pretty good at face to face interaction socially, but in a job setting it totally freaks me out, maybe because there you have responsibilities and I'm afraid to mess up or something. I am terrible at auditory processing, so any telephone job would be out of the question for me. So I suck at any customer service and would not do that kind of work at all.
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My sensory issues revolve around crowds, and touch. Touch makes me uncomfortable; and texture sounds make me even more uncomfortable. I like voices, though. I likeimagining who they could be.
 
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