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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: Just been fired - next steps? |
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Posted: 29 Nov 2011, 5:10 am
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Replies: 41
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| Thanks for checking in! I've been having trouble getting up in the mornings still. I had some good opportunities come through, and I hope my afternoon tendencies haven't hurt them. I was supposed to meet someone at a company this week for freelance opportunities. I already have one freelance client ... |
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: LinkedIn help? |
| introversal |
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Posted: 15 Nov 2011, 11:30 pm
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Replies: 14
Views: 2,195
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| I haven't gotten a job from it yet, but it can't hurt. I've spoken with a couple of recruiters so far who use it as a double-check of your resume. |
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: Can Aspies make a career from their attention to detail? |
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Posted: 15 Nov 2011, 11:27 pm
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Replies: 15
Views: 2,688
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| Definitely programming. Also editing text...I've been editing grant proposals for someone at an energy company (although I'm not very interested in the subject matter...). I recently read an academic journal article on how people on the spectrum are perfect candidates for software testing...attenti... |
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: Just been fired - next steps? |
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Posted: 05 Nov 2011, 1:58 am
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Replies: 41
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| The thing I was expected to learn, by the way, was Javascript. I'm familiar with coding languages in general, but it takes me a while to get "fluent" in a language, and I'm not very good at learning from textbooks. From their perspective I wasn't trying hard enough, and honestly I wasn't trying as h... |
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: Just been fired - next steps? |
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Posted: 05 Nov 2011, 1:52 am
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| Yeah, I was still learning, and the situation had been building for a while, but I didn't know what to say. I was waiting on my therapist to give me literature to share with HR, but I forgot to remind him as he had asked me to do. I think you're right about the discrimination thing. There was a writ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: More sensitive to rejection than NTs? |
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Posted: 04 Nov 2011, 6:40 pm
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Replies: 25
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| I think that I am less sensitive to rejection than most NTs. Even in school I didn't care much what others thought of me, so their rejection didn't mean much to me. I'm a very solitary person though. I'm the type of Aspie who has never felt the need to work hard for inclusion. I would imagine it wo... |
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: Just been fired - next steps? |
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Posted: 04 Nov 2011, 6:35 pm
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Replies: 41
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| In this case, they lied. After all, you said yourself It's possible. It could indicate that they were looking for a reason (which is what I suspected anyway). Been down that road many times. "Why aren't you smiling?" "You never became one with the team" "Are you feeling ok? You look sad." This was ... |
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: Just been fired - next steps? |
| introversal |
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Posted: 04 Nov 2011, 6:32 pm
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Replies: 41
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Thanks, guys. That helps a lot.
But yeah, having access to a live production database is something I thought wasn't possible either. I had it open because I needed to use it when the content management system they wrote in-house didn't function properly.  |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: More sensitive to rejection than NTs? |
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Posted: 03 Nov 2011, 6:09 pm
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Replies: 25
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| I have been rejected numerous time and even by another person on the spectrum-it does make you sensitive and it hurts. I've been rejected by a fellow Aspie as well. He called me an egomaniac, though I'm pretty sure he was just projecting (we both had strong opinions). It hurt a lot. I never thought... |
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: Not feeling ready |
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Posted: 03 Nov 2011, 6:05 pm
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Replies: 3
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| Yes, Faery's advice is very good. I have trouble with phone calls too, and building confidence before interviews. I think I just used to pretend I was a stage actor or something, and I said what people wanted to hear. I'm particular about my baths as well. I'm lucky to have a renovated apartment. I ... |
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: Just been fired - next steps? |
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Posted: 03 Nov 2011, 5:55 pm
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Replies: 41
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| Good advice all around. My parents are saying that I shouldn't file for unemployment because it could hurt the reference with my former employer. Does anyone have experience with this? I was terminated with cause, so I may well be ineligible anyway. I'm thinking it could make me look like something ... |
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: I'm XX years old, unemployed, and Aspie. Add your name here |
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Posted: 03 Nov 2011, 5:50 pm
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Replies: 154
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| I'm 27. I had a really good job that accommodated for most of my special needs, but the highly social environment was too much for me to take. I wish I had spoken up about my condition sooner, but it is what it is. I'm having confidence issues going into the next job. It took all my energy to put fo... |
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: Just been fired - next steps? |
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Posted: 02 Nov 2011, 3:37 am
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Replies: 41
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| Good to know, thanks. I've definitely been working on making a list! It helps that a couple on my list include workplaces that have friends I know already working there. |
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: Just been fired - next steps? |
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Posted: 02 Nov 2011, 3:11 am
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Replies: 41
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| I love night shift jobs! I'm not a morning person in the least. My favorite job so far was an internship I had at a newspaper, and I was able to work 6 p.m. - 2 a.m. I could take care of errands during the day and sleep in. It was a dream. Unfortunately, newspaper jobs are hard to come by these days... |
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: Just been fired - next steps? |
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Posted: 02 Nov 2011, 2:33 am
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Replies: 41
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| Now that I think of it, there was a junior employee who arrived an hour late once. There was a meeting at 10 and he showed up at 11. But no matter. I was given more chances than he was. And given my work output, I think they would call me lazy before the other guys. I had lots of ideas, they were ju... |
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: Just been fired - next steps? |
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Posted: 02 Nov 2011, 1:05 am
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Replies: 41
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| I'll private message you to explain |
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