What do you guys do for a living?

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Aspergers itself is very rare, an incredibly low amount of people have it in comparison to the ASD's, I'm one of them.

You're assuming that the 14 members of Wrong Planet that responded before you are a representative sample of the world-wide population of AS and autism. I would hypothesize otherwise.

I apply for programming jobs. Lots of jobs.

I almost never hear back, and even get excited when they reply to tell me that I wasn't selected for an interview. Yes, it's so bad that being told that I'm not getting an interview is cause for excitement.

I've had two in-person interviews in the last year.

Unemployment has almost dried up. I don't know what I'll do afterwards.


...This is what I went to college for?

It's interesting that most people I have met with AS can get their degree but not a job, due to poor communication skills, etc. Whereas I can get jobs but not a degree.

What do you class as a 'real' job? I work part time in a supermarket, is this a real job?

I've been professionally diagnosed.

I'd throw in that having access to the internet, a computer, finding and posting to planet generally requires resources that would skew the statistics as you see them, I'd think.
Kinda of like walking into Saks Fith Ave in New York and trying to find a realistic representation of the overall unemployment rate.

Also, having a piece of paper saying you have an impairment doesn't set your apart from another who has been living with it their whole life.

See rank.

Business Analyst with a focus on creating reports. Problem solver, information broker. My best job ever. I really like doing data analysis, trending, datamining, testing market patterns., but never got that type of job. It's heavy on customer service and time management, but I am left to myself, until I need info from 'customers'. Being truthful, inquisitive, offering unusual solutions, and wanting others to succeeds helps me. Compare that to customer service with sales. No can do. I can't do sales because then I have to tell people that a particular product is better and worth them parting with cash when that may not be the case. I would be a good fee based Financial Planner, but a lousy Broker. During job interviews I have to put the Broker face on and hide behind preparation. I would love to try the "Costanza" method. I will do that at least once before I kick the bucket.

I am NOT cool so even during the best of times with an MBA, and rich employment history it is difficult for me to get a job. I get interviews for about 10% of my internet resume postings. That's awesome, but usually don't make it out alive after the interview. Never have gotten a job where I fill out a "Say your mom works at the same place you work, would you tell your manager if your mom stole a snickers bar?" test. I think the next time I have to fill that out for employment I will tell them I can't work with liars.

For my last interview I read several books on answering the common questions, "Tell me a about a time when..[replace aspie issue with NT answer]". I had the double interview. I thought for sure I was toast the second time. I went in there like I was selling Laser Guided Missles. I had a great product to offer, my skills, but I had to be as planned as possible. I had escape plans, alternate attack strategies, closing arguments, bla, bla, bla even thought of body language problems I might encounter. Over prepared. Later, after that hiring manager left (we became friends) I asked him why he hired me. He said my skills were needed in the group, but there was something about me that 'threw him off'. I was the only one who broke his "question with no answer question" Apparently, this place doesn't interview twice. He never regretted hiring me and at his new job he has a standing offer to hire me there. That feels good.

Obviosly I'm not so impaired that I can't do meaningful work. The problem is getting others to trust in my labor.

By the way..Job histories...is it possible that having 'wierd sense' of time inhibits employment longevity? Personally, the passage of time is brutal for me. After 2-3 years doing something I start wondering if this is all that I am. I can't even imagine what it must feel like to be at a job for more than 5 years. I am trying though.

Can you add more nonsense ?

You are making the assumption that people with a job and people without a job are equally likely to disclose that fact.

It probably makes more sense that 1) people without a job are more likely to hide it 2) people without a job would not feel compelled to respond to a thread titled "What do you guys do for a living?"

Main Job: Actuary: Love the Job- could do without the pointless corporate drama.

Second Job/Hobby: I flip things. Houses, Cars, etc.

Your post reminds me of a quote I once heard: "The pural of anecdote is not data."

i am a graphic designer/graphic artist working at the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory in Tallahassee, Florida
mainly i do alot of video editing/processing with a combination of Adobe Preimer, After effects, Photoshop, & occasionally i do some 3D modeling with 3d Studio Max

i have been working there for over a year now, and i like it mostly, i have never had any issues with my co-workers, though at times the work gets kinda boring.

ugh, a 'flipper'. boo, hiss, boo. i have moral issues with people who buy things just to sell them off again.

-Luke

What - so it's morally wrong for someone to sell anything they didn't actually produce themselves? What about the retail industry? What about the stock market? It seems to me that the bulk of the world's economy depends on purchasing goods at one price & selling them at a higher price.

Wow - as an antique dealer and a musician, you must really have issue with my business. Everything I do involves taking something made (or written) by someone else and transforming it into a profit... even when I am composing, I am taking from my prior influences and intellectual investments.... ah, such is life. There's a difference between someone who is abusive with the concept and one who facilitates an item transforming from an unneeded nuisance to a well-loved treasure.


M.

I am student and also design and make jewellery and write the odd project for jewellery making magazines