jayroo79
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Age: 34
Posts: 219
Location: Newport, Rhode Island
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| I can say that working a job based on deliveries and constant interaction with blue collar types is a VERY BAD IDEA. |
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emmasma
Yellow-bellied Woodpecker
Joined: Mar 05, 2010
Age: 34
Posts: 52
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| JazzofLife wrote: | | MsTriste wrote: | That list leaves a bit to be desired.
Moving on, I can say from experience that being a nurse is a really bad career choice. |
Depends. Why? |
Yes, Why? I am going to start nursing school and would be interested. I have been anursing assistant for a few years now and am good at it. I am not really popular with coworkers, but my intense focus on doing things correct is impressive to residents. I am wierd, and it gets awkward sometimes, but why not be a wierd nurse and make four times as much? |
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PunkyKat
meerkat
Joined: May 15, 2008
Age: 26
Posts: 3741
Location: Kalahari Desert
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Suggested
Veternarian
Veternary technican
Palentologist
Museum currator
school teacher
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JLK
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Joined: Sep 22, 2006
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| Posted: Fri Jun 18, 2010 9:54 pm Post subject: |
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| Any job where you deal with people over the Internet instead of in person would be good. |
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Invincible
Raven
Joined: Jun 19, 2010
Age: 33
Posts: 105
Location: Brooklyn, NY
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| Posted: Mon Jun 21, 2010 10:00 pm Post subject: |
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| Just don't work in a deli/eatery type place or it'll be hell. |
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planet_nathalie
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Joined: Jul 06, 2010
Posts: 3
Location: Asia
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| Posted: Wed Jul 07, 2010 10:18 am Post subject: choices |
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Well, I don't believe in those kind of lists and listings of good and bad jobs, because my job has been good and bad at the same time.
I am architect and 3d Visualiser and I did the full range, meaning I worked alone, I worked in small companies and I worked in 100+ offices.
My experience is, that small companies are the best working environment for me for the following reasons: They are not "corporate", which can be annoying because of many rules to follow. The social stuff is very limited and manageable, because if you have a shared lunch or a meeting, you sit there with 5 people and not 120. I have a lot of responsability and nobody cares how I do my work as long as I do it. That works perfect for me. The point I am trying to make is, that the work environment plays the most important role for me and the job choice should be according to an individual interest. Besides engineers and architects are not the most sociable people anyway, so the level of expectation in social skills is relatively low. You only have to thoroughly understand what a client wants, that is the most challenging part for my taste. I found, that I cannot work in large offices, because of social stuff, noise levels and those not understandable social rules and networking. I always quit in those companies.
My job is to spend my days and sometimes nights in front of applications like AutoCad, MicroStation, 3ds Studio Max, Photoshop and design whatever is possible for those who might be interested in becoming an architect. |
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Erisad
More like Erihappy, amirite?
Joined: Jul 06, 2010
Age: 23
Posts: 13040
Location: United States
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I used to work at McDonald's. As an aspie with a low bullshit tolerance, it was torturous. Working with a bunch of bratty 16 year olds whining about having to work for an Ipod made me want to slam their faces into the deep fryer. I have to pay for college textbooks and living expenses all right? I clearly needed this job more than them and they act like they were above working. I was let go this past May because I was only available for winter and summer break. The college I'm attending was 1 hour and 30 minutes away from work. I'm not driving that every day for minimum wage. D:
As angry and bitter as I must sound, I truly am happy to be unemployed this summer. It gives me time for family, friends and plenty of me time, which I was lacking.  |
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Joshandspot
Pileated woodpecker
Joined: Apr 08, 2007
Age: 26
Posts: 197
Location: Nyack, NY
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| You wouldn't believe what I do as an aspie. I work the front door of one of the top night clubs in the city of San Francisco, CA. I'm still not sure what I think about it. I'm pretty much living the NT dream. I work at a night club, get paid off the books, get free drinks, and since its gay (and i'm gay) i can pretty much get laid whenever I want to (if I choose to which I usually don't since I value more serious relationships but for an NT male, it could be a dream), we play the newest club music/beats and every night I work there we get people coming in from cities all over the world and I get invited to after parties at hotel rooms or apartments throughout the city. The only question is whether I actually want all of this......and I go back and forth on the idea all the time. I can get to convince myself I'm social for a night or two and that I have all these networks/connections, but sooner or later the reality is going to set in. I am a social aspie but an aspie none the less. |
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linah
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Joined: Aug 16, 2009
Posts: 19
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One job that I didn't think would be good for me but actually turned out ok was handing out free papers in the subway.
You see hundreds of people every day but in the end they just walk past you for 5 seconds and don't pay much attention to you. Even if I did I mistake it didn't matter because they would soon forget me. I could practise eye-contact, how to say hi and smile to people and in the end It wore down a lot of my social anxiousness.
- So a good job for practise but not something I would recommend for the long term though (especially not if you have sensory issues).
Another job that I thought would be really good for me but turned out to be pretty bad was working as a postman.
I thought it would be great because I could just walk around on my own delivering post without having to talk to anyone. To an extent that was true but what wore me down was sorting out the post in the morning with co-workers and then obsessively double-checking the names on the mail so they didn't end up in the wrong mailbox/door when delivering.
The extra time doing this would add up in the end and to compensate I had to really stress out when sorting out the mail in the morning and then run up and down stairs instead of just taking it easy delivering the mail. |
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just-me
Magic is upon us....
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what about being a waver at walmart? would that be a good job? I cant work yet but i am looking for options.
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Ahaseurus2000
My Great-Granddady tried to blow up Hitler!
Joined: Sep 22, 2007
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Location: Auckland, New Zealand
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What about Forensics? Good or Bad?
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passionatebach
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Joined: Nov 09, 2009
Age: 35
Posts: 427
Location: Cedar Rapids, Iowa
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| jayroo79 wrote: | | I can say that working a job based on deliveries and constant interaction with blue collar types is a VERY BAD IDEA. |
I disagree with this. I worked as a delivery driver with the local newspaper for 2 years. Absolutely loved driving around the city and some of the smaller towns to take newspapers to customers, carriers and businesses that sold the paper.
For some odd reason as well, I have also found more tolerance in the blue collar and union types, but it has really depended upon the workplace.
For Aspies that are mechanically inclined, I think that working in industrial maintence would be a great job. I have a friend that has moderate AS and he oversees that the mechanicals and maintence work properly in a multi million dollar plant. |
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OverlookHotel
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Joined: Jul 10, 2010
Posts: 18
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| I really struggle with my job. I'm an engineer but I work at a consulting firm. I like the technical part of the work, but there are several drawbacks. I can hardly ever have a routine and this really causes me stress. I'll plan to spend the day working on a certain project and then other people in the office keep sidetracking me with stuff they need done urgently. Or I'll plan to spend the day working on a certain project and a client will call (I don't like speaking to clients). They usually also need something done urgently and since I didn't plan to work on their project I get overwhelmed and panicked because I'll get behind on what I planned to work on originally. None of my bosses understand my difficulties with communication and how tough it is for me to deal with clients - I've asked them if it's possible to keep my role technical and I have a coworker friend who is willing to handle the client communication stuff, but they're not into it - they think I'm just being lazy. Since I hate talking to clients I procrastinate on getting in touch with them when I'm supposed to and it gets me into trouble sometimes. But I'm really good at the technical work that I am responsible for so they tolerate it, but keep urging me to shape up with the communication stuff. Having to deal with too many clients and coworkers and constantly change plans causes depression for me, but they don't seem to care as long as jobs get done. The problem I have with this job is everything is always urgent and everyone who is asking you to do something thinks that their project is the most important. |
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tomboy4good
An Equal Opportunity Annoyer
Joined: Apr 15, 2008
Posts: 1608
Location: Irritating people everywhere
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My current job is customer service/receptionist/product receiver, etc. Although I've somehow managed to survive for more than 5 years in this position, I am burning out. I work 9 hours a day, no lunch, no breaks. My boss harasses me on a daily basis (he thinks I don't work hard enough). Difficult to tolerate when the snot nosed kid at the desk across from me views porn on his computer, rarely answers his phone, & is just flat out lazy & getting paid more than me to do nothing. Customers constantly call complaining about our product (it's great unless it's being abused), our service dept (yeah I know they don't answer the phone, & I'm not allowed to say anything),so I have customers constantly yammering about their problems day after day after day. It sucks! Some days are so bad I just want to hide in a dark corner & cry.
I've also worked in a deli, as a cashier, night stocker at wally world, for my parents & their antique business (cheap labor, obligated to assist in whatever capacity was needed due to the fact that I was their kid...hated every minute of it-it's my dad's special interest, not mine!). I have yet to find the perfect job. I'd like something quiet, little chaos, no screaming customers/kids, no dealing with money, etc. I'm not sure it exists. I'd love to do photography, but so far, I haven't been able to find success yet. That would be my dream job....to pursue my hobby & get paid for it. But really anything where I don't have to deal with intense stress.
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Ashellin
Hummingbird
Joined: Jul 22, 2010
Posts: 24
Location: Lost... Oh wait, Scotland
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Here's a job that I recommend nobody even apply for: Wal-Mart, any department. They do not need more labor to abuse. |
I hear you on the Wal-Mart avoidance. I work for Tesco (UK equivalent) and it is soul-destroying awfulness. The only saving grace in my job is that I do stock records so there is very little interaction with customers other than the usual "where's this?" sort of encounters that have nice easy set answers. |
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