Should I take a part-time job?

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I finished my exams a while back, and I had a lot of things to do in the first few weeks of my holidays. But now, after some days had gone by, I am contemplating finding a job.

Before I even went for my exams, I was excited at the prospect of going to work. In fact, my father offered me a post in his office to do some minor paperwork. Said that his boss didn't mind. Now, I'm feeling kind of scared, because I'm stepping out of my safety boundary. School was fine. I had friends who would help me out with the bullies, and I could handle the other academic problems. Work? I would be dealing with people so much older than me, and screwing up a few times would really put me down.(I believe in upholding my purpose) I'm also quite afraid of getting to know new people, Asperger socialising issues and all. So should I take the job?

Yes. I was offered a job at age 18 by a friend of my mothers. I turned it down. Don't do my mistake.

It could be good experience in dealing with the adult world, and handling responsibilities.
It could possibly be overwhelming at first, be patient with yourself, you will make mistakes, we all do. It's called being human. Hopefully, your father is understanding of your AS, and can explain things to his boss.

You will never know how you will do if you don't try. So I say, go for it!

Yes the more experience you can get the better. If you start early you can start building your way up into better jobs. In this climate it's not a given that you can get a job so don't give up.
You will find people you get on well with and others you don't. People tend to be professional at work so you just get on with it a lot of the time and you are not expected to be friends with everyone. Yes there are workplace bullies but adults are a lot more patient and mature in general. I have got on very well with people in their 50s-60s, sometimes better than people nearer my own age.

It sounds like a good way to break into the workforce. Go for it! Work is a different world from school, so don't expect to feel comfortable in the beginning. Take one step at a time and don't beat yourself up over mistakes - everyone makes them.

Although I am a lot older than you I started as a jobless volunteer at a bookshop last year around this time and six months after starting was handed my own keys to open on Saturdays with a paid job, this weekend I am doing Saturday and Sunday and also have been given some very interesting account numbers in order to set up a business website for them...

You have to start small even when you are an NT (I guess) and everyone is at the bottom of the ladder, if people give you a hard time at least you are there with your dad and his boss has accepted you so it is not like you are travelling halfway across the country as I did for your first job

Give it a go, you may surprise yourself and if nothing else, you will earn some beer tokens

Thanks everyone for the encouraging messages! My friend offered me a job a while back, and it had some very interesting benefits. My family encouraged me to get the job, and I did. Supposedly, I have to help set up some new computers in different schools and I would put in teams with other people my age. So now I'm just hoping I have a good team leader. People with AS are quite hard to find here, and most of the ones I have met have been accepted by those around them, so I don't think I'll have much trouble with this job.