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(Apologies if this is in the wrong forum, I'm not sure where exactly it'd fit.)

I've been looking for a while for a simple job that I can do from home and earn a little money. Nothing extravagant, just something that accommodates my need to be within my place of power. Even if it's something repetitive like typing up reports and such that are handwritten or whatever. I am quite sure that the normal 'interview->followup->job rejection/acceptance->repeat if necessary' loop is not one I can follow. Even if I could do interviews, my naked contempt for the social games one has to play to be successful would probably be a turnoff to the interviewer.

Does anyone have any experience with stuff like this, and if so, do you have any tips on where I might look for something like this? I've perused the usual job search sites (Yahoo HotJobs, Monster, even Craigslist) to no avail, and searches for job stuff particularly related to AS somehow haven't turned up much because so much of the AS-related information on the web is geared towards parents of AS children and not those of us who are too old now to have that information apply.

For what it's worth, I don't currently have a degree, I'm still schooling. (This, naturally, limits my options even further.) My girlfriend and my mother are my primary supporters right now financially and I would like to make things easier on them any way I can--things are tight sometimes. If anyone has any ideas, I would much appreciate them. If I were NT, I could just get a job at any old place, McDonald's or Blockbuster or whathaveyou, but I'm not and can't, so I'm looking for other options.

-patrick

well, i don't know if this will help but you could try to find a job doing 'data entry', that is typing up info into a data base. or else (if you've got a fairly steady hand), i found constructing and soldering printed circuit boards strangely satisfying. these jobs can both get pretty repetative, but your aspie qualities will help with the attention to detail and once you are trained on the job, you can be left alone to complete at your own pace.

The attention to detail thing is a good quality we all have, but when it comes to speed, most employers expect their employees to put product out at a pace much faster than us aspies would be comfortable with, or even able to attain because of our poor fine motor skills.

As I found out the hard way, one job I held for three weeks was in a metal fab plant. I spent most of the time on bending tables, manipulating tiny pieces of metal, putting them into a jig and pressing a pedal on the floor which causes a wheel on the table thats part of the jig, to grab the metal and bend it into what ever shape it's set up for.

Anyways most jobs had minimum rate at which we had to work, usually 350 - 500 pieces per hour. But the fastest I could ever go before I would start to make mistakes and fumble with the pieces was about 300 pieces. As a result, I was constantly being yelled at by the plant owner who was an old fat guy with a 50 inch waste line and pants up to the chest which were held up with suspenders.

One day he came up to me and told me I was fired and to get the hell out of the place before he called the police. I was rather peeved at his curt attitude towards me the whole time I was there, and I gave him a gesture of my own as I left the place.

So my suggestion to you is to try and find a job that pays in piece work instead of having quotas that have to be meet.

you stated that you are still going to school (college??)
Did you find out if your campus has any job programs-maybe in financial aide, library, etc..
maybe tutoring??? ( if you could do that)

What is your major in???

Michele

Anyways most jobs had minimum rate at which we had to work, usually 350 - 500 pieces per hour. But the fastest I could ever go before I would start to make mistakes and fumble with the pieces was about 300 pieces. As a result, I was constantly being yelled at by the plant owner who was an old fat guy with a 50 inch waste line and pants up to the chest which were held up with suspenders.

One day he came up to me and told me I was fired and to get the hell out of the place before he called the police. I was rather peeved at his curt attitude towards me the whole time I was there, and I gave him a gesture of my own as I left the place.

call the police? what a prize ***hole. i doubt anyone would want to work under that lardball for very long anyway.

I'm currently taking distance classes from home so most of those things wouldn't really apply, I'm afraid, but thank you for the suggestions. I'm going to be transferring after the fall semester to a local school, so hopefully I can explore those then, but in the meantime there aren't many opportunities in that vein.

My major is the ever-popular old stalwart "Undeclared," though I plan to be a children's lit major when I transfer.

Wow. I could have written that. Except that I am a 41yo stay-at-home-mom with a bachelor's degree in English & Lit. Many years ago, I sold Tupperware for a year, and did daycare in my home for a year. I'd really like to avoid both of those traps again if possible. I hated the sales lifestyle, but did it because I wanted Tupperware for myself and didn't want to pay for it. I moved up in the company from simple consultant to exec. manager in record time, and when I earned everything I wanted, I quit.
I have been thinking for a long time about what to do to earn extra money without having to play social games on a daily basis. I am NOT good working with other adults. I need to be the one in charge of my own actions. If anyone comes up with a reliable idea for making money from home, I'd love to hear about it!

You know, this is a really good question. I've been obsessed with working at a temp agency -- even for a little while -- because of a show I am currently obsessed with called Dead Like Me, where it's the protagonist's job to be at such a place (called Happy Time Temporary Services). Just a wild, crazy idea involving such a seemingly mundane place. *sighs*

I like typing but I have difficulties writing... go figure.

I'd recently got a job at Mc-Donald's. and actually feel I work pretty well there. But every day I come home, I can't feel my hands.

Apparently I have mild carpal-tunnel syndrome.

Considering that I plan to work with computers as my profession, I think I'll be quiting my job sometime soon.

<Is reminded of the crappiness of the world>

Here it's illegal (and enforcably so) for them to do that. Are there any charities or organisations you could contact to check out your rights for if that sort of thing happens again?

I have a neat little part-time home job writing entries for the online catalog of a photo and video store. Your minimum is 10 item submissions per week (submitted all at once on a day you choose) and your rate per item depends on what the product is. You get paid thru PayPal every other week. It's freelance so you get 1099'd every quarter but it's a pretty awesome experience. Look on craigslist and you'll find things like this - that's where I found my gig. BE CAREFUL - there are plenty of scams, but they're usually easy to spot. G'luck!

Did we both work at the same place? But then I see your from the south-east, so it's probably not the same old fat guy with a 50 inch waste line and pants up to the chest which were held up with suspenders who fired me who fired you.

No, you didn't work at the same place. sepia was quoting you, but didn't put quote marks around the text.

Too bad somebody couldn't have put ex-lax in that boss's coffee. It would have served him right. Still, sooner or later, his bad Karma will catch up with him. He will probably die of a heart attack or a stroke because he is so fat and obviously has anger management problems.

My Son earns a fair bit of cash buying and selling on ebay, not exactly a job but depending on how much time and effort you put it, it could expand as much as you like. There is a lot of potential to earn money and no problematic dealings with anyone other than email.
this could be a good way to start up a small business of your own.

Hope this helps
Bat

I actually got that job now. Payday is this Friday! Payday is this Friday!