Published on 12, July, 2020
I resigned myself to the fact that I could NEVER hold down a regular job; which would provide a decent wage.
I might resurrect the idea of doing a Podcast. But what to talk about? I'm a Polymath, so tons of s**t interests me.
I've just started working but I already feel like I'm burning out. I'm hoping I'll be OK. But the working world is extremely demanding for people with autism.
I could not agree more with your recognition of its demands on ND people. I use to come home feeling thoroughly drained despite my minimalist contact with people throughout the course of a day. By choice, my jobs were always connected with some sort of physical production requiring a great deal of focus to detail. This was my way of coping. As a child I remember my father insisting that I will never go hungry if I gathered as many practical and transferable skills as I can --- he was right! Undivided focus on job tasks at hand worked for me. I hope it can also work for you.
No....I'm afraid not.
I cannot share to that extent in this place.......and nor would that info add anything to the point I am trying to make above.
In real terms....I only work for people that i like and I only work on things that grab my interest. My interest can be grabbed by some very mundane stuff OR some very specialised and intricate stuff. That's my point.
Im interested what this means in real.terma, can you list the jobs you"ce done chronologically?
NAS86592 said: By choice, my jobs were always connected with some sort of physical production requiring a great deal of focus to detail.
This is me.....now. NT people find it hard to understand why my "jobs" are always so very different. I take them on based on the FIRST PRINCIPLE skills that I require to do them.....not necessarily the nature or context of the task itself.
Documenting how I do things, and why, is also important to my "process."