The Top 5 Worst Careers for people with Aspergers

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1. President
2. Military
3. Football player
4. Police officer
5. Cashier

I'm a military aspie.

Guns aren't bad. In fact, the UK has some very ...interesting gun laws. Ones that would make you more upset than if you lived in parts of the USA.

But guns are more common in the US. And crime is more common in the US. However, the major source of crime here isn't gun related, it's drug related. And a lot of people involved with drugs have guns. But the US isn't like Australia: we can't just outlaw guns. There are too many countries too close to us that would smuggle them in, just like the fact that a lot of our drugs come from elsewhere.

So if the bad guys are always going to have guns here, then why not let citizens (who have to pass background checks, etc) have them? Guns in the hands of responsible citizens aren't a bad thing: look at Switzerland! Fully automatic on everybody's back while at the grocery store? Lol.

As a police officer in the US: it is much less scary that someone you pull over, who must have zero felony convicitons, is allowed to have a gun in most states. It's much more scary than anyone you pull over could illegally have a gun and use it on you. But there's no way to change that. Drugs are illegal, and its common to pull someone over and find drugs on them, smuggled from outside the country.

I hope this helps! When you live around guns you realize that they're not that scary, as long as you limit who can have them to responsible citizens, ie no felonies. It's just unfortunate that nothing we do can keep criminals from getting them. And shooting in general is a lot of fun! Just not in the city

Sorry for the off-topic post. Just trying to explain some things.

Top 5 worst jobs for me would be:-

-Referee, because I'd either get in the way or I wouldn't be confident enough to point out dangers, mistakes or cheats, ect

-High school teacher, because I would get eaten alive by obnoxious teenagers

-Customer service advisor, because I'm too shy to have full responsibility of lots and lots of people

-Policewoman, because I would probably let everyone get away with murder, due to my difficulty in arguing with strangers

-Comedian on TV, because the answer is simple! I would be a nervous, unconfident geek with a monotonous voice!

I would argue with the salesman being a bad profession. I got quite good at it with enough practice. Most the of the job became using logic to politely argue why someone should buy something. Once they have no reason not to buy it, they're going to, as long as it's something they want.

Plus, sales is often very script-like. You memorize facts about the product/service and spew them back out. Once you know how to fake a smile, and can do so regardless of someone else's emotions (which isn't that hard, since I don't generally notice other people's emotions without deep contemplation) you can actually sell anything.

My worst night-mare scenarios:

1. Porno star: Performing butt-naked with a camera near my butt-cheeks and trying to get an erection with camera-crew around and a woman (or women) I hardly know, who may also have some disease. But I'd like to think that if I somehow could get an erection, I'd finish the job like a champ, but I highly doubt it.

2. Introducing people for an awards dinner/weddings/, etc.

3. High school teacher for reasons given above.

4. Customer service advisor for reasons given above.

5. Working the cash register in a busy store. I can't multi-task at all, I'd get nervous and my mind would go blank, I'd start trembling and customers would start screaming at me. It's happened.

Actually, I wouldn't mind being on one of the tills at busy supermarkets like Tesco, for the following reasons:-

1. You are not there alone with the customers - other tills with other workers are all around you, so you don't have the full responsibility of the whole shop

2. You only need to ask small questions, like ''have you got a club card?'', ''would you like any help packing?'', and the total amount of money they need to give - but it's not as difficult as having to advertise things or persuade them to buy something like you do in smaller shops. (Example here - when I go into a clothes shop, the person at the till always says something like, ''would you be interested in signing up for a (name of shop) club card or voucher so that you can have X percent off of everything over X pounds?'' or something like that).

3. There's always a customer service kiosk in every supermarket where I come from, so if the customers want to ask anything or complain, or want lottery tickets, cigarettes, bags, top up credit, ect, then they just go there. I wouldn't like to work on the customer services kiosk because of that.

The only thing with working in a supermarket is the toddlers screaming. My whole mind gets distracted to these kid's horrible temper tantrums, and because the sound worries me and causes me sensory overload in my ears (gives me earaches, headaches, palpitations, and high blood pressure), I don't think I would ever relax and hear myself think or talk. I think I would be able to function better in this world if small children just naturally could cry a little bit quieter, like an older child or adult does.

Any job at a Disney Park or Resort.

Even backstage jobs such as cook or costumer, managers get on you for your lack of personality or social skills as the same happened to me during one semester of costuming for the WDW College Program.

Then what is an Aspie meant to do if they're the type who isn't clever at anything either, like me?

I was mopping floors and sweeping garbage for almost 10 years and this is with a university degree from a world-class ranked university and with top-notch marks. It's definitely tough.

Anything in the front line part of a shop and anything involving phones.

just in case any aspies come on this site looking for what type of career to get in to, i would just like to point point out that in one of the books out there buy a women who was in the farming industry and developed some kind of cattle "pathway" she states that one of the jobs that an aspie should never get is trading stocks.

Im not sure why that is.

Maybe it the risk factor ?

but for some who stay at their parents or dont work, they have little to loose.

though we may not like taking risks once we have a bit of funds risk is no longer risk. they are calculated ventures that can or cant yeild profit, and if they dont, it should not effect our person lives.

there are a few "prop firms" (many, most or all are set up in a greedy way) that can give employment on a commission bases to an aspie. this should take out some of the risk.

stocks are more about being able to read patterns then risk. being able to take in information and analys it and see where the path of least resistance would be based on that info.

it is not always about geting it right. it is not do or die.

it is an art. if (by unvague analysis) one deems a stock should have more upward momentum then downward. one would buy the stock, whatc if it is doing what you assumed it will do. if so great . if not, sell. selling is the way to controll your loss. remember you have more controll over your loses then your gains

if you hand money over to a banker that invests it in mutual funds, you have no control over your losses. even when the mutual fund manager knows that there is a recession coming or we are in the middle of the beginning of one they will not control your losses, for they know that if they have not invested your money somewhere then they will have to put it back in your account and may loose you as a mutual fund client., when you ask to sell your mutual fund they tell you that its a long term thing and you shouldn't do that ..

Many aspies can see through that and know that it is best to sell if it is agreed upon by everyone that stocks are going down(and confirmed by the market) it is better to sell and i either wait for things to get back to where they were or to buy once there is signs of a recovery and buy back all your stocks for 40% cheaper (or buying twice as much) and then watching them go back to normal. hopefully aspies have teh courage to tell their banker to give there cash back to them

So, back to topic stock trading is a perfect oppertunity for people with aspies. you can work with people around you but you jog will be judged on what you do personally on your own.

or you can work from your pc at home. even with little capital. or maybe with not capital.

P.s. like autism, there is alot of stuff out there about trading that is completly useless. Even the forums are 99% full of misleading advice that makes a newcomer feel like "they " are not good enough or "they" dont have good intuition.

This is a science, in science there is no intuition there is only fact. either something works or it doesnt, if it is posted on a site as something that works and doesnt work for you, it is false.

the true secrets of trading are but a few pages worth information that is guarded by the successful and not given out randomly, this is buried in a muti billion dollar industry of people making money off not giving quick solutions , but rather guiding you through many training seminars.

i spent days and days trying to understand, then one day i gave up and took a look for myself and in that one day i have come further then many followers are after years of trying to get it .

so just be aware, it is alot like autism fundraising and aspie parents trying to do the right thing. when there is millions of dollars in the industry and very little of it goes to studies that look at what happens when an apsie grows up an X situation of X situation. A small study like this could help parents alot more. maybe there is a coralation between children that are not told they have a problem to adults that work or develope social skills or are happy ect.,. or vice versa..

sorry , i guess im half venting and half giving advice... i dont come on as much so alot i quickly write whats on my mind in the best thread possible

sorry about speling and gramer

if you wish to respond to me persoannly please pm me as i dont really revist my posts to look for answers as much these days

Ahh...well this explains why I was denied for jury duty. Apparently Autistics can't serve on a jury. My mom teases me about being the only person ever to get out of jury duty. :'D

Surely serving on a jury involves examination of the evidence presented, and nothing else? That's basically what a judge says to the jury before they're sent out to consider the verdict, so I would have thought the typical Aspie attention to detail would be useful.
Plus - any links for information on Autistics not being eligible for jury duty? First thing is that those who decide these things would need to know in advance and that seems unlikely. Second thing is that it seems a completely unjustifiable restriction.

That would of been logical, but it wasn't the case for me.
When I got my letter for jury duty they make you fill out a form. One of the questions on that form ask if you have any disabilities (either physical or mental). I filled in that I had AS. Later I got a letter saying I didn't have to serve, and that they would never recall me again. (I guess they think I'm mentally unfit to be in a jury. :/)

(Also note that was my second time filling out that form. The first time I had asked for an extension because I was in school at the time. I did not state I had AS the first time I filled out that form either (That section was skipped since I was asking for an extension). If I had not stated a disability the second time I probably would have been called in.)

Oh, Ok - looks like there's a different system in (I assume) the States.
I'm surprised AS is considered enough, as a mere label (I mean they had no idea how it affects you), to disqualify someone from jury service for life.

I did receive "the call" once but there was no form-filling involved - just details of when and where, and that if I felt unable to attend for some reason I should write and let them know and they would "consider" exempting me.
As it happened I was up to my ears in a software project which turned out to be enough to excuse me from serving.
That was many years ago and I've not been asked since, so maybe I've managed to blacklist myself.