Published on 12, July, 2020
I understand that many of us do not have jobs, and I know that those who do (myself included here) struggle a lot with them. This got me wondering about what dream job(s) we can think of, or even hope to do one day. It may be inspiring and help some of us find something that allows forum users to get a job or get a better-suited job.
I will put down some thoughts to get the ball rolling. My main priority is to be away from an office or busy environment.
1) work from home permanently doing some kind of PAYE employment for salary certainty. this would ideally just be for 2-3 days a week. if money was not a constraint then I would not do this work at all, and I would do something more fun like a gardening job in the summer, maybe become a landscape garden designer, write novels and short stories professionally.
2) design board games 1-2 days a week.
3) volunteer at a charity in a non customer-facing role 1 day a week.
4) maybe a part-time bike mechanic and/or frame builder 1 day a week. i can't afford the training costs and time needed to get the qualifications to do these things now but maybe in the future.
A 'portfolio' career is my ideal because I can get bored doing the same thing and this also allows me to think in terms of escapes - when things get too much doing job X I can flee to safety with job Y. I think this mental trick would be very beneficial for me.
How about you?
This is quite helpful, but not detailed enough:
Choosing the Right Job for People with Autism or Asperger's Syndrome: Articles: Indiana Resource Center for Autism: Indiana University Bloomington
I read parts quite quickly but is it a bit contradictory on visual vs non visual thinkers and both recommending programming?
My day job is as a programmer, which suites my focus issues (ADHD) and its not customer focused as there are levels of people between me and the real world.
May I ask if you work for a specialised IT company or a corporate, or other?
yes, (like being picked for playground games) I seem to be invisible to most of that politicking thankfully, It is more than possible that i am just missing ques on the rest of it (again) thankfully.
stability is good, wfh is good, teams... can be good can be v bad. so hard to know before moving into one. politics, backstabbing, deceit....
I have mostly worked in corporate, starting as first line support (logging issue for customers) and gradually graduating back into the darkness where I am now.
It is very goal focused work where I work as part of a team who take work items from a board (which have vague directions of the work that needs doing) and I am able to work on these issue until I am able to provide a full solution.
The longer I have worked in the jobs the more autonomy I have been given and I am now trusted to be left alone to get on and solve the problems.
I have (somewhat) come to terms with some of my issue, like I will always feel like I am not as good as everyone I work for / with and that I will never know if they like working with me or just tolerate me but I like the stability of it all.