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?
Wonderful!
Over the years I have had several jobs which at the time were my dream jobs. I worked as a chef, I enjoyed that very much. I worked for Childline which I found rewarding in so many ways. I worked for the police in the late 80s and in to the 90s and was lucky enough to get to drive the vauxhall senator, very good car especially if you were in a hurry which we often were! Currently though I am a registered nurse with the NHS and I have to say this is my favourite job of all. It's a bit more stressful because of corona but I do still enjoy it. It's nice to make a difference, and as a nurse I get to do that every day.
YES YES YES!!!
Stephen said:I would like to work in police kennels,. With police and seized dogs :-)
I would like to work in police kennels,. With police and seized dogs :-)
fix cars at my own pace..
I do work, current job since 2012..
I don't really need to work but it's something I'm not able to do any way because of my autistic problems but because I can't it makes me want it more. So I spend so much time thinking about different jobs and whether I should give it a go or not. My husband doesn't understand me and thinks I'm lazy so sometimes I really want to try to prove him wrong...
My dream job would be to work as a vet. I've researched it and it's like a passion for me. I'm not a vet but where I've researched and researched it I now so much about it and animals in general, so I'd probably be okay at it lol.
If I could work this is what I'd do and I'd probably open my own practice as well. That's my dream job :)
I also LOVE doing end user documentation. I think its due to having such a hard time explaining myself IRL that it is also like unpacking something, but with that it's unpacking concepts into an explanatory document.
I spent about 5 years where part of my job was data cleaning. Massive data sets so had to use code because Excel couldn't handle it. I really liked it! We used Stata then, but everyone now uses R.
Yeah that's the same for me. I'd love it.
Some parts of my jobs that I really enjoy its data cleaning. The client will give us a (virtual) skip full of documents (believing them to be all in order) and I have to take, as long as it takes, to get them into a coherent structure that fits into their systems. Its like playing a game of low stakes detective work.
MrsG said:Data input
Same. I love typing and the feeling of "getting stuff done" so that would tick a few boxes for me. I'm not sure if I'd eventually get too bored but I guess if the actual data inputting varied then that would be okay and I could put my music on at the same time..... :-)
Data input - working from home 2 or 3 days a week.
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.
I really like the look of AUSOME Training. I haven’t tried writing stories for newly identified autistic children but I think that it is really important to write from the autistic perspective as it is really important for these children to have roles models/a sense of belonging as early as possible. I think any autistic adult can write stories for children because they know what it’s like from lived experience. You should try writing you could be really good.
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.
May I ask if you work for a specialised IT company or a corporate, or other?
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.
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?
I have been told there are lots of youtube videos that carefully explain how to fix various models. Could you try searching there as a start?
I have an old pair of Bose Companion 3 speakers attached to my PC so I can play music while I am working. The right one has just started resonating at a high pitch for certain types of music and it drives me nuts so I have had to stop playing music.
One speaker out of the whole system - and you can't now buy replacements and the speaker is a sealed unit so you can't get inside.
Someone who knows what they are doing could repair it in seconds I am sure.