I have somehow forged a succesful career....you can too....

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Actually Ive done very well and kept my career going for 10+ yrs .I have been fired a few times for problems related to social interactions , usually an over zealous boss trying to get me to do things his way and to his timetable.Rigid bosses who lack empathy and are control freaks are to be avoided....what you need is a laid back boss who is only intereted in results and not methodologies.
So....the career that focuses most on this is international banking / trading.As long as I make money for the bank they ususally ignore any "quirks".This career is great if you have a strong skill set in math or statistics ....all i do is sit in front of a PC in my private office and click on whichever stocks I want to buy or sell

How do you get into it.....well try the CBOT , chicago board of trade , and get a job trading futures or stocks.....If you can spot trends in the economy or stock market ( and if in any way I am a savant it is this) thats all you need.This career can pay 10s of millions a year , Ive seen it....its what George Soros does and he once made $2bn in a day ! Or just open a charles schwab acct , deposit $1000 and try your luck....I dreamt of the crash in the nasdaq and picked the high , I bet based on intuitive "feel" alone.

This career is made for aspies , I can focus non stop for 12 hours with ease and of course I love being right and proving it every day

Others careers I could suggest:
Poker player ...move to vegas and just start playing , or do it online , there is money in it and you could start with $50
Ebay trader.....just find an angle , buy in bulk or look for items without proper descriptions
Football gambler..learn to pick the teams and spot trends.This one might be a bit hard

or just get a job where you have no real boss:
Cab driver
Mountain guide
Rent out jet skis on your local beach
Run a website that sells eg CDs or memory cards for cameras
Become a photographer or artist and sell your work at various websites online.

Hashi,

You might want to lurk around here a bit more and watch how people respond before you post something like this. I'm very glad that you have a career. I do as well.

But not everyone here is going to. People here are in very different places and are not going to fit into the "cookie cutter" you prescribe. And they resent those who say they can. We have been told all of our lives that all we have to do is this or that and everything will be fine. And, it never has been.

Just some advice if you hope to communicate successfully among aspies.

It worries me that a lot of the careers you suggest involve high risk - I like to be as safe as possible and think this is an AS trait (correct me if wrong!). I also find descisions hard and have to deliberate for as long as possible beforehand, also AS and not really fitting with the jobs described!
I think a lot of us here are in IT or science research as well as art and music, which to my mind are better for aspies as we get to be individually creative and work alone to a large extent.
I do agree very much with the boss comment though!