Dream Jobs for aspies?

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Dream Jobs? How about jobs i'm working towards:

1. 3D Character Modeler (for movies or games)
2. Character Animator (for movies or games)
3. Texture Artist (for movies or games)
4. Concept Artist (for movies or games)
5. Comic book artist
6. Graphics Artist

Another good deal would be to make a successful internet animation series. But we'll see, for now i'm Teaching Flash. I'll probably apply for an internship at some of the local video game companies, see if any of them bite. Hopefully get my modeling reel done up and i can go volunteer at Siggraph again and get it out there.

I don't know about Aspies in general, but my dream jobs are:

1. Poet

2. Editor

3. Restaurant, or Television Critque

4. Speech Writer

Researcher--I'm shooting for a PhD in psych. (Still just an undergrad now though). I want to research AS.

Aside from testing subjects I wouldn't need to interact much with people. Also, I could possibly work my own hours.

A psych grad school/PhD program would be right up my alley because most of the people would be sort of "out there" and I wouldn't have to worry about being quirky that much. Besides, data analysis would take up so much of my time that I'd have an excuse about not being out on the social scene.

No way I go into counseling with that psych degree. I'm probably the last person someone would ask for social advice.

I may apply to 12-24 grad schools. If none of them take me I guess I'll just have to work in the computer field and get certified as a technician. I really don't want to do that though--so hopefully they'll take some quirky guy with a 3.90 (still ticked that I won't have a 4.0).

This isn't a dream job, but it's the only job I've found that worked for me: personal assistant. Obviously, you'd have to get along well with the person you work for, which I do.

It works for me because I usually only have to deal with the one person, and most of my responsibilities involve paperwork and organization, which I'm good at.

My dream job is being an author, which I'm working on

I enjoy working in Student Affairs; I usually have interesting problems to solve and rarely do exactly the same thing every day.

Working with largely NT college students can be pretty tricky and my student employees often don't do things the way I would like them to... like always putting the master keys back in the lockbox before I get to my office in the morning or organizing the room entry forms by time and putting them in a neat stack on the left corner of my desk...

I may end up getting a Master's in History and one in Library Science and working as an academic librarian within the next few years, though.

My dream job & reasons are pretty close to yours. I've always wanted to become a butler. Small, relatively stable groups are okay with me, so serving a family wouldn't be a great challenge. The routine, the organising, the detail work, & the "at-home" work setting would be perfect for me.

In fact, I'm in the process of pulling together the tuition to attend a great butler's school in the Netherlands. It's taken me a long time to get up the guts to do this, but I'm 51 and it's Now Or Never Time.

This isn't a dream job, but it's the only job I've found that worked for me: personal assistant. Obviously, you'd have to get along well with the person you work for, which I do.

It works for me because I usually only have to deal with the one person, and most of my responsibilities involve paperwork and organization, which I'm good at.

My dream job is being an author, which I'm working on

I see that many want their dream jobs want to be software developers and network admins. Mine is totally different. I wanted to be a telecom manager for a long time, manage phone systems, phones, lines (without dealing with wires though) and stuff like that but now that's disappearing more and more.

Now if some place has a VoIP setup (like a Cisco or something), a network admin more likely deals with that stuff. I am PDD/NOS, and because of that I am not much of a geek, more like a techie. I don't understand networking, server, programming, and stuff like that, and that's why I like telecom/telephony because its a different technology that I can understand and apply to. Its an older school tech, something I wished I could do for a job but more likely won't happen.

I work on a helpdesk, and it's a dream come true ! !

Small staff, easy questions to answer, controlled environment, lotsa Techs drop by to say Hullo and talk Techie stuff ! !

Love It ! !!

I have worked on Naval Aircraft at Organization level maintenance, after the military as a civilian reworking Fast Attack subs and I am now a Union Electrician. I have had some suck jobs as well, but these 3 are all excellent. Keeping recon Aircraft flying during the Cold War meant that I was not going to be a spectator if the balloon went up, I wouldn't have been a heroic Audey Murphy, but I would have played a minor role in confronting the Reds. Likewise, keeping the Subs in service that kill other Subs and enemy Carrier Task Forces was a rewarding experience. The technical aspects of learning Wiring and Instrumentation, Pitot-Static, Fuel Quanity, etc. was outstanding. Being a Journeyman Inside Wireman also is great, I never do a job interview anymore, instead I go to the Hall and get another job, the pay is very good, we consider ourselves the best Union there is and it shows in our work conditions. The layout and calculations required, as well as the physical demands of the work let you know that you have earned your money. If you have a potty mouth, like I do, it's not really considered a bad thing and if you are working for a total jerk its okay to tell him "get my money, I'm going to the hall".

I vote writer as well. Puts my overactive imagination to excellent use, and I can be as asocial as I damn well please! Writers are supposed to be weird hermits anyway, amirite?

I'm a housewife right now, and it's pleasant, just me and all the furkids all day long (we have 3 dogs and 3 cats). Do a little cleaning, a little internet, it's great. Just wish I got paid for it.

My dream jobs are:
1. Graphics designer for games
2. Doing research on autism, schizophrenia, and most of the DSM IV soon to be DSM V in 2011 or 2012
3. Wildlife artist (this is what I do now)

I'm with Velodog - I can do something that may seem dull, but I like being part of something much bigger.

I'm a Contracts Administrator. I move paper around all day according to a bunch of laws and regulations (like a para-lawyer). I sometimes have to talk with people, but it's under really controlled circumstances. I have my own office so that I can have confidential discussions, when needed.

Right now I'm a defense contractor working on Naval and Space systems (some weapons, some not). I worked on Boston's Big Dig and some other construction before this job. I like being able to see that my paper made something.

As a kid, I wanted to be an exo-biologist. I dream of living in a lighthouse or on a farm.