question about careers and repetitious activities

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Hi everyone! i'm new here and i have a question for you all.

i've read in most places that people with aspergers have a tendency to like repetitive activities and thus they should lean towards a career that involves that sort of work.

i on the other hand have the opposite proclivity, i can't seem to do a job involving repetitive tasks for an extended period of time. whenever i get to the point where the task is second nature and i no longer have to think to complete it, i become so bored it almost becomes mentally painful to execute the task.

i've tried expressing my mental duress to multiple nt's and they look at me with a blank expression on their faces, tell me to quit whining and then go about their day.

i was curious if anyone else might be able to shed some light on my situation, offer advice and/or suggest possible career choices that i might look into that involve consistently thinking and limited repetition (i was thinking possibly software engineer?)

Same here. I have both Asperger's and ADHD, so I've always kind of assumed this is the latter overruling the former. But then again, aspies are a very diverse group. We're all different.

I left a career in computers to become a teacher, and I'm much happier for it, although it's not easy. (Especially the cafeteria at lunchtime. Sensory issues and whatnot.)

In any case, I'd suggest volunteering at something you think you might like to do. Then whatever you find makes you happy, just go for it.

Same problem, and why I don't have a job. I think it may be because of having ADHD inatentive type. Peoples just don't understand how much it's painful.

I have a very repetitive job and I have the same sort of issues as you. I get through it by listening to music and thinking interesting thoughts.

I worked as a software engineer for 2-3 years and it can easily be as redundant as anything else. You'll need to make sure you work on some project that has many different facets, or to change projects often (this is generally accepted in the software engineering world anyway, since once a project is written it is basically done [mostly]).

Much of software engineering work is simply implementing 'business rules' that apply to whatever particular project, so i.e. 'if it's business unit 3932, apply a 12.3% tax on items of type code ALSK' etc. etc. over and over. I found it incredibly dull and quit, and now work at much a easier redundant job that pays less, but that's fine with me.

Personally I'm not actually interested in the majority of what society has ever offered me, so I try to participate as little as possible.. so an easy 'dead end' type job is what I want