Which job sectors do people work in ?

I work in I.T. Able to think in purely logical terms really helps when working with computers. I do support, since I like helping people who don't understand things as well as I do, and I also do clever technical stuff with programming, specialising in automation and optimisation through artificial intelligence. I'm good at heuristics, which means understanding what expert decisions people make when they do tasks, and then turning that into code so that I can automate their expertise.

Luckily I work in a large company that really values my abilities, so the fact that I have autism is really here nor there. I am in a team, but I generally work on my own, and this isn't an issue. The nature of our work means we're all specialists in our own fields, so working on your own as part of a team is the norm - the team collectively gets all the tasks done and improvements made, so everyone is happy. I can go days without actually speaking to anyone, since we're also encouraged to work from home a few days a week because there's not enough office space for all of us, so chatting via Skype messaging is how we communicate when we need info from other members of the team for the task that you're doing. It does all work very well, for everyone. Only my manager knows I have autism, the rest of the team doesn't know, so I'm lucky in the fact that the way we work happens to be incredibly autism-friendly.

I work in I.T. Able to think in purely logical terms really helps when working with computers. I do support, since I like helping people who don't understand things as well as I do, and I also do clever technical stuff with programming, specialising in automation and optimisation through artificial intelligence. I'm good at heuristics, which means understanding what expert decisions people make when they do tasks, and then turning that into code so that I can automate their expertise.

Luckily I work in a large company that really values my abilities, so the fact that I have autism is really here nor there. I am in a team, but I generally work on my own, and this isn't an issue. The nature of our work means we're all specialists in our own fields, so working on your own as part of a team is the norm - the team collectively gets all the tasks done and improvements made, so everyone is happy. I can go days without actually speaking to anyone, since we're also encouraged to work from home a few days a week because there's not enough office space for all of us, so chatting via Skype messaging is how we communicate when we need info from other members of the team for the task that you're doing. It does all work very well, for everyone. Only my manager knows I have autism, the rest of the team doesn't know, so I'm lucky in the fact that the way we work happens to be incredibly autism-friendly.

@seekeraftertruth

Sounds like you have a job that suits you well. I experienced a sense of calm whilst reading the description of your team and environment set-up !

seekeraftertruth said:

we're also encouraged to work from home a few days a week because there's not enough office space for all of us, so chatting via Skype messaging is how we communicate when we need info from other members of the team for the task that you're doing. It does all work very well, for everyone.

I wish I could work from home a few days a week.

My employer is not autism friendly and does not want to hear about working from home at all.

The working environment in the workplace makes me really depressive and hopeless. I am so desperate to escape and I find a better place but I do not know how as I do not have time really for countless job interviews and the job interviews make me extremely anxious.