Top 5 jobs that you as an Aspie would never want

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12 Aug 2013, 4:35 pm

I work at a call center. While I hate it very much and often just feel sick to my stomach to be there again at the start of the day, especially on the first day of the work week, I'm not sure I'd prefer to deal with customers face-to-face. That's why I hate this f*****g economy; everything is about services. Anything to do with services or sales just has to be in the top 5 worst for Aspies. I really wish I had the perspective I do now when I entered college as an undergraduate. I would have made much better use of my time there.



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29 Sep 2013, 12:10 pm

Joe90 wrote:

1. Customer Service Adviser

4. Teacher (especially with older children)


Hrm.

In my first proper job I worked in frontline customer service, got a customer service award, dealt with customer enquiries and worked with people nonstop in a busy reference library setting. I loved it, so I fail to understand why this is a bad job for an Aspie xD. I hated working in the lending library because I spent more time shelving books than I did interacting with the customers and helping them find information. So customer service jobs are good with me. I'd happily work one again if it was offered.

I don't really like presentations but I did give a few during my time at the library...mostly on copyright law and inter library loan procedure.

As for #4, it's not a teacher, but my current job is an LSA. (learning support assistant). I work in classrooms with students aged between 16 and 19. I am their education support, and in some cases, disability support. This can mean anythng from being hugged randomly by someone to explaining tasks to one to one mentoring in class to ensure a student gets their work done.

The only other job I've had was a warehouse assistant in a toy shop. Aside from them being horrible to me, it was stuck away from the public, and so boring my brain literally broke. I wanted to be on tills, and I wasn't able to be.

So in my case, a job which doesn't involve people is the worst job I can imagine. A job where you stand around and do nothing for hours but stare at stock. My brain needs occupying and people are challenging and so they occupy it. :D

I also can't work full time. I have learned that if I start at a low number of hours, when I know the place I can build them up...but generally around 25 hours is my max limit. More than that and I start to break.



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29 Sep 2013, 12:11 pm

Sorry for the doublepost. Forum is being funny with me today and keeps telling me posts haven't gone through when they have =(.



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02 Oct 2013, 3:24 pm

1.} Teacher

2.} Police Officer

3.} Politician

4.} Lawyer

5.} Librarian


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02 Oct 2013, 5:53 pm

1. Waitress (too much multitasking)
2. Teacher
3. Taxi driver
4. Politician
5. Cashier



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02 Oct 2013, 7:33 pm

Waitress is not only bad because of multitasking but because you can not be clumsy. People are always telling me about the help wanted signs they saw at McDonalds and advising me to apply. I would not last a day.

Teacher could work for a small specialized group.

When Daryl Hannah came out as Autistic a lot of people in the comments sections were shocked that she would choose that profession. Why would we be bad at it, we act every day. It was the marketing needed that got to her.


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