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hi i am 25 male, have aspergers, ocd and anxiety and for as long as i can remember, i have been quitting jobs soon after i have gotten them. the longest i have worked is a lot person -- a couple of weekends then quit and the shortest is a fast food worker -- one day then quit. technically though, i do work as a website maintenance person and that lasted some months. however, that is an exception. eventually i will have to leave the house to work. i currently get paid from the government as a person with disability, but i have the opportunity to make some money as well. i usually quit when there is stress, like in the car dealership, i quit after a car i was moving touched the bumper of another lot car in front of people & fast food is fast paced. also, recently i quit a telemarketing job after making my first calls and not knowing what to say, plus i usually run out of breath on the phone. please i need help regarding what to do, whether this is normal for me etc.? thanks folks.

aspie out.

Look, these are the hardest jobs. A call center is like the 7th level of hell.

It's like folding pre-flop in poker. Sometimes (often) that's the rational thing to do.

Yes, we as people on the spectrum struggle socially. I struggle socially.

But really, a job like working as a CPA, or as an engineer, or as an attorney (maybe doing appellet (sp?) briefs if that's your cup of tea), or working as a doctor (maybe less patient contact if that's your cup of tea), all these are easier than---in absolute terms---than a job like a grocery store or fast food. And to boot, in a fair number of the "easy" jobs, a person gets a boss who's an ogre. So not so easy.

Hey, best of luck with your computer. entrepreneurism takes a while, can be expensive, just to lay it on the table.

Keep talking with us here. Together we can learn social skills and find good jobs (or at least better)

I agree. Try to find a job that works with your strengths, and that doesn't exacerbate your weaknesses.

There are jobs out there that don't require much social contact, for one thing - I'd look into that. Sounds like you also have issues with environment, so make sure you look for jobs where you can deal with the noise.

For instance, I think libraries and bookstores hire people to reshelve books after hours, and stores have people who set up store displays. I know there is an entire industry for calculating store inventory (tried it once, my math skills weren't up to it) http://www.snagajob.com/job-description ... taker.aspx

Well, that's a positive. Just roll with the positives!

And you're still a young person. I really encourage you to dream. For example, going to medical school and gettting an MD, yeah, the real deal. Read part of a medical school biography and see what you think.

Or, any other profession such as law, architecture, teaching, chemistry, etc, etc. The advantage is that you're more likely to be around other serious-minded people who recognize that you have skills you bring to the table, and if you also have deficiencies, so what, those can often be worked around.

And entrepreneurship is also good. I understand the baseline odds are that 80% of new businesses fail (although there is controversy about this). The biggest reason is 'undercapitalization,' esp if it's a business where expenses tend to come in before sales revenues. Or if a person is setting up a storefront where there's a lot of money upfront in order to be able to run the volume. The lesson I take from this is to start the business inexpensively by running it at the beginning out of your home or car and thus testing the main idea.

Or maybe, Internet music or Internet journalism, and it has to happen to replace print. Any one effort is probably a long shot. But it's like Stephen King said about his writing, it was like dropping quarters into a slot machine. He didn't know when it would happen but he never had the feeling he would run out of quarters.

I do that all the time. I am only 27 and I have probably had close to 40 jobs since the age of 16. My longest job lasted a year, but most of them last less than a month. Several only lasted a few days or a week. I love the one I have now, and I have been there this entire school year, with no plans on leaving until I move away to grad school in another year and a half. It is a casual, on campus position where I pick my own shifts and usually work around 10 hours a week, sometimes a little, often times a little less. I do think the reason why I have been unable to hold a job is due to my ASD. I dislike the change in my routine so much (and that goes for the job I have now too--sometimes I have to fight myself to get the motivation to go, but once I am there I am generally fine), and I also have so much trouble interacting with customers and other coworkers. I went back to university in the hopes that I could find something I would want to do for the rest of my life, so I don't have to just sit home and job hop forever. Going into my senior year though, and I still have noooo clue!

I am 32 now and i have changed around 20-30 jobs for the 5-6 years that i worked.
some jobs i was kicked out and some jobs i could not cope up
usually it was my shyness, keeping to myself, not interacting, no eye contact, no smiling that
lead to me not able to keep jobs
I have changed career from being a personal secretary, computer operator, teacher and finally
i started own business
but nothing worked out due to shyness, introversion and social skills
now im at home only from last 5-6 years, jobless and closed by business also