As an aspie what do you do for a living?

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you know what!...good on all of you that can manage to work
I haven't been able to work for yrs..i suposse i have more severe issues than some others here..as interaction prevents me from sitting in the same room with more than one person....so makes it difficult for me to find and keep a job..but i am taking an open uni course at the moment hoping it might just help me in the future to be able to get and stay in a job...i wish that my AS was not as severe as this as it does restrict my life a lot.....but trying really hard to overcome my problems in order to lead a productive life.

IT consulting - mainly network and systems admin. I work remotely from my house. Most of my interaction with customers is via email or chat/skype which is hugely helpful. My customers don't know about my AS, but the most of the other consultants I work with do so if I have a really epically bad day with meltdowns all over or a customer needs some communication (call, documentation, etc) I'm not sure I can handle they help me out. I'm a huge computer nerd (Linux and networking) so this is definitely to my interest.

Nothing currently. I've worked for 2 months as a part-time administrator at a nursing home but I'm currently on 'gardening leave' after losing my temper with a bullying cover manager. After I disclosed I have Aspergers they seem to have seen this as a way of getting rid of me and were trying to question whether I'm suitable for the job even though I was doing it fine for 2 months before this cover manager came along. So I've gone on sick leave as I've just about had enough and my Dr is backing me. They seem highly reluctant to investigate the manager's behaviour towards me as she gets glowing inspection reports for the home she manages. So what exactly is the point in employers having grievance procedures if they won't adhere to them?

This is what happens when you make the effort to come off ESA Support group benefits as you feel you want to put something back into society and earn your way. You wish you hadn't bothered!

Did loads of jobs but eventually became a teacher!

What subject and age group do you teach?

I have worked every type of job out there that doesn't require a college education. I still would really like to be a pastry chef. Unemployed atm.

I work on an oil rig.

Microscope tech at a university. I feel lucky to do it! I play with equipment worth a million bucks and make it sing for me. Also get to teach others about it, so I get to talk at length about specifics.

My special interests are computers, engineering and electronics. My job involves designing and repairing computer controlled machinery. It suits me perfectly and I get to play with some pretty cool machines.

Reception/Admin

Reception is so unsuited to me, dealing with so many people every day. I get home and just want to die, but I have to pay the bills.

Software testing... which I like, but it is financial/accounting type software so it is a bit boring
Still WAY better than my previous jobs though (tech support over the phone for about 11 years)

My special interests are technology and psychology

So your Aspergers/whatever your diagnosis is doesn't appear to affect your ability to hold down a job

How does it affect you then?

I'm in the U.S. Air Force and am an aircraft mechanic by trade.

But I wasn't able to cope with the social demands of the job, so my chain-of-command put me in an admin. position where I mostly assist with computer technical support and do any miscellaneous projects that crop-up.

I get out in June and hope to pursue a career as a paramedic.

Actually I can only attribute my holding down jobs to the grace of God (hopefully that doesn't offend anyone here)
I have been in the right jobs at the right time and with the right bosses (who were kind and understanding). There were a few times when I came close to losing my job.
One time in particular that I can think of when I melted down and started hanging up on customers. If it weren't for the fact that my boss liked me, I would have been outta there.
Instead he put me in a different environment and things got better.
There were several times where I was close to losing it and another opportunity presented itself at just the right time. By "another opportunity" I mean a different position or a different company altogether.
There was even a time when I was working on the help desk (at the company I currently work for) and I was starting to have problems due to being on the phone dealing with customers day in and day out. Right about then my boss assigned me to a special project where all I did was take care of the problems of this one particular customer and most of the time I didn't even have to be on the phones! It was awesome. That lasted for about a year and then I moved into my current position (software testing) where I pretty much work independently.
So that's why I say that it's not my ability to hold down a job, it is the grace of God
edit: Forgot to add that I use a lot of stress management stuff at work to keep me sane, but sometimes I just have to take a sick day when I am feeling overwhelmed...

I'm a part time freelance Graphic Designer and stay at home mom.

I wouldn't call graphic design a "special interest" of mine, but I am naturally gifted in that area, and I can become very very absorbed in my work. My real "special interest" is psychology, and at the moment it's specifically autism. My toddler son is most likely on the spectrum, and I'm very interested in working with him and learning about the early intervention and diagnostic process.

Not me.

My first job was an advanced maths instructor at a Christian, charter school. The kids started at remedial level.

I have an interest in live sciences and the mind, hope to pursue these fields, privately, as a business to business salesman. The process is largely automated, and they are only interested in numbers.

My bedroom is legally designated as an office. (I was literally expected to draw a blue print for the city, and it is supposed to pass a safety inspection.)

And, if I would like to report it, I can technically be an employer.

I propagate plants and take care of animals, by day. I busy my mind during off hours or inclement weather.

BTW -- I liked to hear that so many people are creative or artistic.