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What is Your Job?

I am mild autistic but am quite decent at face to face interactions if it's not in a work environment. I'm decent over the phone if it's my own business (not customer service). In general I am visual and don't like any job that requires tons of multi tasking or tons of auditory stuff. I have to see things written down or have things predictable I completely fall apart if I am bombarded by stuff especially if it is not written down. And yet, I am a very creative person and enjoy having that freedom.
 
Hunter420 said:
Hi Guys. I don't know if this is a double post, if so please post me the Link.
But i really need your help. I am in my 20's and just dropped out of Uni after studying for 1 and 1/2 years. The subject just didn't fit and the social conditions had an influence too i guess.

Soo, maybe there are some aspies out there which are employed for more than 5 or 10years in their job and content with it.

Please answer me which jobs worked for you and which didn't. Since I'm from Europe apprenticeships matter as well as study subjects :) Thanks a lot!
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Well, I can only advise you if you're from the UK (rather than these other almost fictional countries around the world that I hear about in the media :confused:). I'm a field merchandiser/Auditor (it's a hugely growing industry where you always have to turn down excess work) and you're basically going into various stores/outlets doing tasks on behalf of clients that your agency has (things such as processing the magazines that a store has whilst changing the stock levels according to sales and dealing with any problems or other things like setting up displays for products in stores). It's not a bad job because you're your own boss in many ways in that you work to your own schedule (normally your given a time-frame to do the jobs within, but you pick when and in what order) and you can take on as much extra work as you want and you additionally get paid more per mile than what it actually costs to drive it. If you don't want a job confined to one place (I travel all around my own and neighboring counties) then this is a potential job. There's not a huge amount of face-face interaction (though you can change that to more or less if you want). It's basically a job that follows planograms/instructions and of which you can create a repetitive schedule around if you wanted to (with a manageable hint of change here and there). You belong to an industry that others in the shops wished they knew more about to apply for themselves.
 
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I am a skilled laborer. I work with plastic resins and fibers from carbon to glass. I have made surfboards for years, and am currently making boats.
 
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I work on the railway, mainly as a conductor onboard trains for many years until recently moved into a ticket office due to traumatic experiences at work. Dealing with customers is the toughest part of work for me to deal with as I am always on edge every time someone visits my station. I work alone, very alone! I open up and lock up each day with no other staff visiting/ringing, emails is my contact. In between trains I sometimes turn off lights and sit in silence, gives my brain a rest from strenuous work. I don't enjoy been in an office and don't enjoy the railway environment anymore but I am trapped, I get paid well for me and I couldn't afford a pay cut by changing jobs to cover mortgage and bills.

I'd agree with what others have said do something you have an interest in. Something that works to your strengths.
 
im still a student at university, aspiring geologist/palaeontologist. in the future probably specialising in microfossil biostratigraphy (as its one of the few things palaeontologists can reliably find work in haha) or in a museum or as an academic/researcher. im not really sure what i want to do in the future to be honest.
 
I'm not saying what I'm trying to get hired to do right now! :eek::fearscream::screamcat: :rocket:

I think us aspies and auties often get pushed into the absolute worst jobs possible for our mental health much of the time. Too much unpleasant people in your face stuff is generally not good for us.

Most of my jobs ended up being little slices of Hell because of people messing with me. Ironically given time to adjust I can often do the work of 3 or 4 of them by organizing everything for maximum efficiency. It never helped me much on pay raises $ tho, the lazy friendly back slappers got those pay raises $ instead of me most of the time.:confused:o_O

I expect most of you have the same story...:confused:

Solitary jobs tend to work better for us I think?
 
I 'fell' into working for the police and ended up working as an investigator in CID. It was there that I found my forte in investigating fraud. I found my attention to detail meant that I often noticed points that others had missed. I liked the way that you could look at a case that appeared to have no way in for detection, then you would find a tiny lead which would lead to another and suddenly you had a suspect and were building a case. I would become completely engrossed in my online work to the point that I would forget to wee!
 
My work experience covers 40 years. I have had several different jobs over this time - the longest was 11 years. To me it is important that the actual work is interesting and varied enough to offset the rules and personal interactions that accompany any job. I have gravitated toward hands-on jobs where I could work alone as much as possible. I tried a supervisory position once and was miserable the entire time. One of the best jobs I had (interesting work) was as a robot technician but co-worker issues far outweighed the work and I was fired. All this was before I discovered Aspergers and realized I was the problem.
 
I'm currently a governmental budget analyst, but I didn't get my degree with that in mind. I just kind of fell into it. I like it because I get to play with spreadsheets all day and my coworkers mostly leave me alone.

I've bounced from job to job over the last 20 years. I've been in my current position for about a year and the longest I've stayed at a job is about 2 years. I get bored easily and have trouble fitting in. Since I started with the government 7 years ago, the timing has been such that I have been able to promote to new jobs in different departments when I get too discontent to stay. It's great because I get to have a new job and environment, but with the same employer, so the job hopping just looks like I'm ambitious and developing my career. But now I'm at the highest level I can be in without going into management or getting a higher degree, so I'm not sure what to do about it when I eventually can't stand it here anymore. I don't want to look flaky or unreliable by moving around too much, but it is mentally agonizing when if I stay too long in a job.
 
Sorry. I'm struggling to get used to the forum. I'm new and I'm not great with stuff like this. I have worked in customer service (hated it), offices (boring!) and dementia care (heartwarming but exhausting). I am now looking into writing degrees. The last time I stuck with something long term was music. I studied it because I loved it so I'm returning to that school of thought with the change of career again. Good luck, whatever you choose to do! :)
 
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Sorry. I'm struggling to get used to the forum. I'm new and I'm not great with stuff like this. I have worked in customer service (hated it), offices (boring!) and dementia care (heartwarming but exhausting). I am now looking into writing degrees. The last time I stuck with something long term was music. I studied it because I loved it so I'm returning to that school of thought with the change of career again. Good luck, whatever you choose to do! :)
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You can delete the old post if you didn't like it
 
Using the app, if you tap your post, you get the option of editing. Or if you tap 'more', you can self moderate which won't delete, but will make it invisible I think.
Back on topic: currently a Technical Writer.
 
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