The perfect aspie job?

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I have asperger's and recently I found a job with a bank as a vault clerk. Essentially my job involves receiving a list of file numbers (30 to a page), finding the files in the vault, pulling them, and placing them on a cart. That's it. I can even listen to music while doing it. No having to talk to people, answer phones, or deal with customers. Just 8 hours a day pulling files, plus all the overtime I want to take. Time seems to just fly by, I've already accidentally worked through my break once without realizing it. Decent pay too, plus benefits. I couldn't ask for a job I'm more suited for.

Anyone else have a job they think suits them more than anything else?

When I was younger I worked as a bench chemist, this can if the envirnoment is right be a perfect aspie job. The problem with bench chemist is the system is currently such that you have to progress to other things but years ago some people would stay as bench chemists for their whole working lives. I know a few people who are retired who were bench chemists all their life,

Another good one is university academic, some areas of university life are very aspie friendly.

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Diagnosed under the DSM5 rules with autism spectrum disorder, under DSM4 psychologist said would have been AS (299.80) but I suspect that I am somewhere between 299.80 and 299.00 (Autism) under DSM4.

I have a temp data entry job. Eight hours a day on the keyboard, I usually come back early from breaks and I don't even bring food for lunch. I'll have to look out for openings as a vault clerk.

For me, I think being a lab tech would be perfect for a time. Where I can just listen to music, run experiments, organize things, gather data, and keep the lab in running order. As long as I dont have to make phone calls. Therefore I dont have to worry about all the additional responsibilities in upper level research work. But this would be for a time because I'd eventually get bored of my job. Well I'm still intending to pursue all the upper level stuff, I'm going for at least a masters. I have extensive pressure from parents plus a bad economy equals more school.

The best job for an Aspie is the same as the best job for an NT: A job that you love doing that you would do for free if you could afford it, which typically is also a job which you excel in (and therefore receive lots of compliments and positive reinforcement). The work environment right now is tough and employers only want to keep the essential, indispensable, and irreplaceable workers. Being good at your job because it exhibits your natural talents is like having dependable insurance against being eliminated. A job that you find boring is not your ideal job, and neither is a job that is too complex and stressful.

XJ220RACER: I absolutely agree!

I couldn't stand doing what I love at work. Forcing myself to do it at a set time, every day, rain or shine. I wouldn't love it anymore.

The OPs job sounds like the kind of work I really like to do. Where you can just get into the rhythym of doing it and go on automatic, where the sense of self just recedes. It's relaxing, like a trance. I wish I'd been born 50 years ago when it was easy to get work in manufacturing. Work that people complain about as monotonous, or where they complain about being a cog in a machine, that's appealing to me.

I've been a teacher for the past 10 years. Until 2 years ago I taught 4-11 year olds which was OK. I could handle the kids and found it very easy to relate to them but often had problems with headteachers as my approach to things wasn't the norm. This meant I worked at a lot of schools in a short timeframe - always me making the decision to move on however. For the last 2 years, I have started working with older kids and specialising in maths. While I enjoy working with the more able (and frequently better behaved kids) I'm starting to have problems with the kids at the other end of the spectrum, resulting in me getting home from work very stressed on a more frequent basis. I'm thinking about giving the teaching up soon and I'm hoping to set up my own business doing family research. I've looked at prices charged on the Internet and am starting to believe that if I charged half of what others charge and based on work I have done for free for family and friends I could easily match my salary with only having to work 20-25 hours a week. More time off and on top of that, the thought of not having to leave the house (except for occasional meetings with clients) and being able to stay in the comfort and security of my own office space where I tend to spend most of my spare time already. The biggest problem I face is getting things started as putting myself out there is not one of my strong points and I think a lot of my business initially will come from face to face introductions. If any computer whizzes read this, feel free to mail me, as I could do with some help on the website side of things too lol

I'm a housewife and very happy with that. It's what I wanted to do after I had kids.

However, if I had to go to work I know exactly which job I'd want.

For those of you not old enough to remember, Hawaiian Tropic used to make a suntan oil with no sunscreens and it was meant to purely amplify the rays of the sun. That's what I always used in the summer. On the back of the bottle there was a warning; "Caution - to be used by professional tanners only". That's the job I want. Profession tanner. I want to get paid to lay by a pool or the ocean on a lounge chair and drink frozen rum drinks and listen to music. All day, every day.

Where do I apply for this job, and did it go away when sunscreen and pale skin became popular?

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I've worked so many different jobs in my lifetime - Sales, Groundworking, labouring, picking/packing, data entry, store assistant, footwear buyer, art director. The list is long and tedious. However, being a Self-Employed, Freelance Graphic Designer has not only given me carte blanche to tell other people what they need to do, it also enables me to justify time spent sitting at home, sifting through pages and pages of fonts, swatches and vector imagery. I make music on the side for a number of Independent record labels. I am one lucky mo fo!

I'm going to college for Library and Information Tech this fall.

My personal dream job would be an archivist, lot's of books and little social interaction. A librarian wouldn't be too bad either.
But I had trouble finishing the right degree, which is terribly frustrating. So I'm kinda stuck on odd jobbs, and still trying to get a degree in something.

This is such a fascinating thread. I have been a teacher for eight years, and found out I am an Aspie 8 months ago.

The psychologist who diagnosed me pointed out - correctly - that teaching is a stressful career choice for an Aspie. Yes, it has been extremely stressful at times. And yes, I am looking for something less stressful, now that I have better understanding of my strengths and weaknesses - maybe a PhD in education, maybe one-to-one teaching.

However, I'm not sure that I regret the last eight years. I've learned to tolerate extreme noise and chaos (which has been very useful since I became a parent!), have learned to think about how I appear to others and to present myself clearly and coherently, and have improved my interpersonal skills in stressful situations (e.g. behaviour management of difficult students). I recognised myself in Tony Attwood's description of Aspies who model themselves on an NT peer - I often find myself copying the behaviour management strategies of others. Anyway, choosing a difficult career has taught me things that I wouldn't have learned if I had chosen an 'Aspie-friendly' job.

My job suits me perfectly. I work from home spend most of my time hidden away in my office writing software and designing electronics, two of my favorite occupations. Most of my communication with customers is via email which suits me fine.