Best job for an Aspie

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I don't think there are perfect jobs for Aspies

it depends from person to person.

I work in sales and i love my job, i'd probably go crazy doing a boring deskjob

i also have a lot of administration to do but the interaction with the costumers is what i like so much about my job

I'd only like a job dealing with a lot of people if it were one where I could help them and knew the answers to their queries nearly all the time or could easily get help from a superior if I didn't know the answer.

My best job was working on an assembly line for appliances, followed by techy office assistant, and another top experience was cooking japanese food.

Clear goals, a few traces of order in the environment, minimal amount of socially normal people, and the ability to slip comfortably through the cracks of insanity every once in a while. If potential employers gave me a resume' , I'd look for these criteria to be filled.

I have a job that is probably one of the worst for someone with aspergers....I work in a hotel, where you constantly are interacting with people, and being hospitable.

I also sell on ebay too! However, I am alone at this job.

I think the perfect job for someone with AS (or anybody) is something that you are interested in/passionate about, and something that you can do day to day without it causing you too much stress/problems. If you pick something that doesn't fit that criteria, you probably won't be very happy doing it.

Albert Einstein was a patent examiner at one point. That actually sounds pretty interesting.

This may take a while....

Let's see, the BEST JOB for an Asp? I've worked so many different jobs, that I can't even TELL you which job was the best. Maybe I haven't found it yet.

Now:
Hotel Night Auditor/Front Desk - data entry, customer service(midnight to 8am - not much interaction)

Previously:
Admin Assistant - Candy company (yummy!) - phones, data entry, customer service
Gift Shop Clerk - displays, customer service
Recreation Attendant - Community center, data entry, customer service
Waitress - customer service
Convenience store clerk - customer service
Admin Assistant - Newspaper, data entry, customer service
Data Entry - insurance underwriters, co-worker interaction
Head Cook - british-type pub, co-worker interaction
Video Store Clerk - customer service

There's quite a few more, but I don't want you to fall asleep at your computer.

The job I'm in now is VERY odd to me. I barely get ANY interaction with guests, and I work alone, so I don't have anyone to talk to....

I think that the comfort and enjoyability is all in the environment you're in day to day. Up until now, I've worked places that I've talked with people over the phone and/or in person. You get used to it, so it becomes second nature. It doesn't mean that you love people, but it means that you know how to deal with certain situations and work through them. Maybe I'm putting on a "mask" of sorts - to be honest, people treat customer service people like crap a lot of the time - but that's how I deal with it.

I haven't really been clinically diagnosed with Asp, but my Mom thinks I've got it. It makes sense, but after reading how many people with Asp don't like social situations in work environments, I feel kind of lucky! I've taught myself how to interact with people on a customer service level - OH, I'VE MADE MY MISTAKES! DON'T GET ME WRONG! - but that makes me appreciate my alone time even more.

It's hard now, though. I moved to a VERY small town on the Oregon Coast from Seattle. There were a LOT of people around, no matter where I went. Maybe that's why I was able to deal with people to the level I was. Now, working here and getting little to no interaction with people (no matter how annoying some people can be) makes me feel like I'm losing my edge.

I don't know about the "perfect job" for an Asp, but I've applied at a gift shop for a part-time position...just to have more outside stimuli than I do now. I'm afraid that if I keep working exclusively at the hotel, I'm going to become a hermit.

Jen

Nuclear power plant operator.

I can follow everything exactly by the book and get promoted for it rather than bugged about it. There's plenty of walking around by myself, and the most I really have to interact with someone is peer checking while tagging out valves and things of the nature. Even that's not bad because in order to be hired in the first place, one has to be pretty smart.

The only problem is, despite only accepting about five or so people a year out of the two thousand that apply and don't make it through the application process, the company still has to treat us like complete imbeciles because of government regulations. So long as one's willing to put up with that BS and one can make the cut, it's an easy, six figure job.

I'm planning on being Batman. Of course, doesn't pay too much. Maybe I could charge people money before I saved them?

Librarian would be a good job- I think the type of librarian depends on the person. Personally I want to be a school librarian or youth librarian- I realise this could be too much interaction for some.

Cataloging could be a good field. Its not as socially interactive. It requires adherance to specific rules and guidlines, working with online catalogs, analyzing and catagorizing information. One can be obcessive about things like punctuation.

Right now I work from home in customer service- I take orders for things over the phone. I set my own schedule. I enjoy it.

I am going into law and see myself sadly being in charge of research. I am very good at research so I will thrieve with it but I want to be in the courtroom not just researching.

Tuba player in an orchestra! You're the only one responsible for your part (no need for compromise / cooperation), and evaluation is almost entirely performance-based (if you can deliver on stage, no-one bugs you!).

The only hard part is all the forced social interaction on tours.

I always have wanted a jobcoalating information, if someone would just pay me to look up information in a back room by myself somewhere, or a law library, or anything, I just have no idea what sort of idea what that sort of job that would be

I'm in agreement with Hoorahville.

I've worked as an operator in two large (non-nuclear--same principal though) power plants, and it suited me fine. IT was mostly dealing with machines and how they interacted in order to achieve the best results, and the majority of the time is spent wandering around inspecting things, and recording the readings. It doesn't take long before everything makes sense, and if you've got sensitive hearing, you can tell right away when something's different due to the sound the machine makes. It pays real well too.

One drawback is the rotating schedule, but we were on a 12 hour shift (6-6, one week during the day, the next at night) so I could still eat at the same times, and my routines weren't interrupted much. If you think about it, a 180 degree turn may be the most dramatic, but at least you're still on the same line...

There are many companies out there that hire someone to act as a "librarian" for them, where they basically look up information on complex subjects and assist in research etc. Here's a link from an article someone pointed me to on another thread on being a librarian in an unconventional sense of the word.

http://www.usnews.com/usnews/biztech/ar ... ummary.htm

[quote="Piper"] So, I'm currently going into the truck driving profession[/quote]

I couldn't handle that. I can't wath the road, crank the wheels and levers in the vehicle (or whatever there is,) and talk to the backseaters at the same time. The noises also make me highly accident prone.