best jobs for people with aspergers

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I read, very early on in discovering AS (may in Axelrod), that the two most common successful professions for aspies were computers and college professors. What was funny was that I have been a college professor for 25 years and I am the English department computer geek, the guy everyone comes to when they hit a snag with their office computer.

Oh, and geologist.

Geologist.

If you happen to be an Aspie and did not come equipped with the standard aspie genius module such as me I have found you can't beat security work.

All night I sit at a gate talking to maybe 3 people a night in short one word sentences with zero eye contact because I was taught to watch peoples hands when I talk to them on duty. Otherwise my job requires me to sit alone and stay awake occupying my time with whatever I please so long as I keep my eyes on the gate sensors and do a foot patrol every once in awhile. Gives me all kinds of time to write and draw so that is one I'd suggest.

I have been thinking of working in private detective work too since it goes with the security licensing in my state. It does require an armed license, I think, but just driving around taking pics of people cheating on their spouses all night doesn't sound too bad either. I have always been good at being invisible and unassuming so that could work too

That is my admission, anyways. The others would probably pay more.

I would defenatly be happy with any of those jobs!

I am waiting to sign the "official" offer letter. with a company that I not only respect but in a position that involves my OBSESSIONS!! !

I would have a lot of independence and it would be the perfect position for me to have enough alone time to work and collect myself, which i need and outlets to be creative.

I'm hoping it works out.
I will repost after the weekend about it, I have been obsessing all day and can barely think.

but does anyone find that you do need some social interaction?

Some. I usually chat for a few minutes before I head
home each day. Usually just annoys my colleagues.

I would rather not have my social interaction inside of work. It has been a problem to me before, getting to know co-workers and what develops from it. At work I would rather just work and not make friends. I do have to interact with clients, but that is on a business not social level.
I guess to each their own, I just can not be friends with anyone from work when I start my new position, it has always ended up not good.

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I usually don't like social interacrion...occasionally I do, but I would prefer to have little to none in a career choice.

Really professor?.... I can see myself doing that... cool

Presumably you learnt the computing skills informally i..e when in a non anxious/pressured context where you could learn at your own pace?

I have found that this is really the only that I can learn effectively and it has proved enormously useful. Now I instigate my own "learning programmes" outside of the workplace that I then transfer inside!

Kornik



quote="Litguy"]I read, very early on in discovering AS (may in Axelrod), that the two most common successful professions for aspies were computers and college professors. What was funny was that I have been a college professor for 25 years and I am the English department computer geek, the guy everyone comes to when they hit a snag with their office computer.

Oh, and geologist. [/quote]

i work as a nurse for people with severe learning disabilities - have done this for 15+ years, so i'm really comfortable with it, and know the job inside out (i hate change, so i like to know that each day i can cope with what may happen!!)

i do speak to my co workers, but not on a social level (at least not for any length of time), usually on a professional level - learning disabiltiies is one of my main interests, so i can talk about that at length!! and i certainly don't socialise with anyone outside work.

I tend to relate better to people at work who are above me, but even then its on a very superficial level!!

Cowboy/ranch hand. The work is mostly heavy providing deep pressure that alot of us Aspies like. There are many opportunities to work alone, with short periods of working in groups of two or so. There are opportunities to attend social gatherings where being an observer is accepted. In ranch culture you can attend a dance and never go in the building, or if you do go in, you can stand or sit and just watch and nobody is going to tease you much. Maybe a little, but they really don't push the social thing.

Hopefully once my parents die, I will have enough money that I can just invest it and get by on the income. I'm in college and want to go to professional school, but I can't see myself ever holding down much of an important/high-paying job.

Dogwalker! I have my clients trained to text/e-mail me to request dogwalks. Usually, they're not home when I walk their dog, so don't have to deal with them much. There are a few that call me all the time, but I have an easy excuse not to talk for too long-- the dogs are acting wild! I get sensory overload if the dogs bark too much or if I see too many people in the park, but I go in the woods a lot, so this helps. I'm my own boss, so I make my own schedule and I don't have any employees, so I don't have to deal with too much.

I program industrial machines for a living. I love the work, though it helps that it aligns so closely with my interests.

The main challenging aspect of the job is dealing with clients and some of the ensuing politics. I work with a consulting firm, so I'm fortunately insulated from some of it, but there's still enough face to face interaction to keep me on my toes. I spend a fair amount of time analyzing words and actions and going over my thoughts with coworkers, to make sure I'm not missing something important. As I've become more experienced, I can use the social models I've developed to better understand people's actions and intentions. Until recently, I thought that this sort of analysis was the way everybody navigated the social world.