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 Forum: Work and finding a Job   Topic: Mercenaries / Paramilitary operatives with Asperger's

austin19
Posted: 26 Jun 2013, 4:51 pm 

Replies: 92
Views: 21,306
I have often joked that I could be really good at that. Or as a hired assassin. I can totally turn off emotions and make decisions based on facts only. I only ever do that at home, though when I am alone, as I need some time to turn emotions and empathy back on. I was once in the emotionless-state i...

 Forum: Work and finding a Job   Topic: Need a head count -How many Aspies/AS people unemployed?

austin19
Posted: 26 Jun 2013, 4:45 pm 

Replies: 95
Views: 16,249
Unemployed right now.
If not, usually underemployed. Very much so. I have only once had a job I liked and I was let go from that because they needed my spot for someone with connections.

 Forum: Work and finding a Job   Topic: Have any of you been fired from a job more than once?

austin19
Posted: 26 Jun 2013, 4:41 pm 

Replies: 30
Views: 6,439
Yes!
Just day before yesterday.
I usually don't make it through the probationary period. They usually tell me something along the lines of "too dominant", "arrogant" or "not integrated into the team".
If I get through that, it's easier and I haven't been fired after the probationary period.

 Forum: General Autism Discussion   Topic: Epilepsy experience anyone?

austin19
Posted: 26 Jun 2013, 4:34 pm 

Replies: 14
Views: 1,967
I have had an episode once, during my military service, and was tested afterwards, but nothing was found. I found out years later that I react very badly to rum and Coke, but this was the worst reaction. And since I abstain from drinking rum and Coke, nothing, even remotely similar, has ever happene...

 Forum: Work and finding a Job   Topic: Five fields an Aspie should NEVER work in

austin19
Posted: 26 Jun 2013, 4:20 pm 

Replies: 176
Views: 65,489
Hi, this is a very insightful list. As an aspie, I agree that these jobs would be a nightmare for me to do. An aspie would probably also struggle to work in public relations and human resources. An aspie also probably wouldn't make a very good counsellor or clinical psychologist, because of difficu...
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