sunshower wrote:
How old are you?
I suppose a job is necessary so you can earn your right to live in society. As much as many of us would prefer to hide away in our rooms, the money for food, technology, clothing etc has to come from somewhere and we are really just leaching off other people by not working.
If you're only say 15/16 and your parents want you to get a job so you will learn more social skills, then it's probably unnecessary. Then again, starting younger with at least a part time/casual job is better for your future prospects. If you decide not to get a job till you're 20 or 21, and then go out and try to get one, they'll immediately assume you wouldn't be a good worker/employee because you didn't get a job when you were younger. It sucks and is unfair but that's the way society works.
I'm lucky in that I was able to do work from a young age because my mum ran her own business and thus employed me, overlooking the aspie problems that probably would have prevented me getting any other job at that age. Now I've adapted better, and am capable of getting a real job, I have been able to say that I worked from the same age as everyone else, and I've got a foot in the door. If I hadn't had that job my mum gave me, although I would be equally capable of working today (it really just took me that long to mature enough), I would have found it much much harder to get any work.
What you have said is so true. I think my problem was avoiding working. So, now I'm 22 and have never been employed. I want to prove it to myself and others that I can work, but it's just so damned hard without having any experience at this point.
Anyone that is 15 and 16 reading this: gain as much experience as you can otherwise you'll be a 20 something getting rejected by employers because you lack the necessary skills.
25 Nov 2008, 12:39 pm
