Manual labor or an office job

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Do you prefer manual labor like a carpenter, mechanic, electrician, painter, etc. or an office job?

Are Aspies more inclined to any of the two?

Should have made a poll if you really wanted to compare results.

That said, you're asking basically, the same old question: Blue Color vs White Color? However, theres another area now that alot of people are being shoe-horned into, which is basically "Service" jobs. The Steel Mill closed down, or laid off 1/3 of its workforce, you're 21, and McDonalds is the only place in town hiring..... That and many other similar scenarios have been playing out continuously for ~the past 20 years all over the nation......

Personally, I have a hard time seeing the presence of Asperger's specifically affecting a preference for working outdoors vs indoors, or with your hands on something physically engaging vs on a computer with something mentally or emotionally engaging...... Indirectly the arguement, to the best of my knowledge, would be something like "Well, I've loved drawing since I was a kid, its been a big focus in my life which I discovered in college was a result of being Aspie, so I pursued a Graphics Design Degree", or in another similar Scenario "I've loved everything about the desert since I was a kid, left home at 18 and joined the US Forest Service so I could be out in it as often as possible".

So, my attempt to answer your second question would be this:
Asperger's, in my experience has little direct affect specifically on the choice of what a person prefers as far as what general work environment you prefer, but probably affects it indirectly in several small ways. But the choices lie with the person, separate from their diagnosis. You can choose to like carpentry if it appeals to you, but Asperger's won't incline or decline your like/love of it. Asperger's is more likely to affect your preference for the people you work with (Or without), and the way you schedule your time while working (Big focused blocks of time on specific tasks, vs a more NT freneticism working on several different aspects of a given project at once).

Hope this was interesting at least ^^;,
Aldran

1814 , I launched a poll here asking the same question.

Hope that helps!

Manual labour, to earn a bare living and get relevant experience on the side through volunteering.

I prefer simple manuel labor.

Having worked in an office IT environment for a long time, I'd happily work somewhere that paid enough to pay my bills and left me with some extra left over, in exchange for less responsibility and to be left alone to get on with it, rather than working with idiot people who like to make themselves feel important.

I would be happy, just having a job / any job right now.

I would prefer to be a office person as opposed to manual labor.
But I am going to do what ever I have to do right now to put food on the table and some money in my pocket.

It sucks not having any money.