I Dream of Acceptance

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Yesterday, I finished a document explaining how I manage to function at a basic level. I sent it to my BRS worker. The gist was that I needed supported autonomy, some flexibility of schedule, and a place to nap to be functional on the job. She told me employers don't want to provide that kind of thing. That's okay.

Today, I took stock of the systems I built for coping with life over the past year of unemployment. I'm proud of what I've done. A huge math refresher during the first 7 months of the year. A big leap forward in my programming skills during the latter 5 months. Good stuff done on 5 serious programming projects. For a guy with a firm belief in "sleeping on the job", I think I did okay.

There are a lot of good people who care about me that are quick to point out that none of what I did made money. I'm glad they care. But I'm also proud of the results that came out of my system of napping and flexible hours. Having a bed nearby and a quiet private office goes far. So does having environments setup where I can break things without fear.

The big fear is that no business will want to provide the infrastructure required for me to do what I do. Maybe the worried naysayers are right! But I still hold out hope for a world where I'm accepted as I am to be paid for what I love doing. I don't know why I believe. I just do.

Working from home seems to be growing more common these days, and not just for freelancers like my husband, some of the tech companies on the coasts have realized some talent just can't be convinced to move.

I'd have to get used to working at home.

I don't know how to work for someone else from home. It sounds to be an interesting adventure. I think the SaaS business model is really neat. I'm sure there's a lot of other cool options to explore too. Time to get at that.

Sometimes it's finding a company who allows people to work from home, other times it's making yourself invaluable at a workplace with a rare skill, then requesting the exception... the majority of the time though is probably doing contract work, so you're not a direct employee of a company, you just do work that they don't want to hire someone permanently and provide benefits for. For example, I contract with textbook publisher, for about two months of the year.
I don't care for hustling for new gigs, though. lol. Nor the invoicing and chasing up late payments.

kortie, I like working at home, it's a much better environment than a cube farm, but, I'm not certain I could do it full time. I need structure to my day for the most part, and I don't know how I'd do having to come up with my own structure.

Yep...I need structure, too.

Hello I'm new,

I have GI Bill benefits and am looking for the best degree program that can allow me to work from home. I have been diagnosed with Aspergers in the past but my mother has denied the doctor's claim and I don't believe I have any documentation, or the means to get that documentation. I have never done well with office politics or keeping my mouth shut so I think it's time to seriously consider working from home. The problem I am having is I have no idea what is a good field to study that has has job security, decent pay, and flexible hours. I have 7 years experience working for Military Intelligence for the Air Force however I have absolutely no desire to directly use that experience for my prospective job, however the computer related experience may be transferable. Any help would be greatly appreciated.