What jobs best suit you as an autistic adult?

I was an IT technician for 15 years, an IT manager for 17 years and currently run my own business renovating property as part of my early retirement plan.

Being my own boss works well for me as I know everything that is going on, why it is being done that way, who I have scheduled in to do the tasks and that I am able to substitute for any of the tradespeople if they let me down.

I also get to use the time between projects to source the next ones, research the market and get to know the whole field much better - it lets me be a subject matter expert in my chosen field which suits my Special Interest autistic trait.

My preference for clear and precise instructions makes me quite suited to train apprentices so I help out a number of local youngsters who can benefit from the skills and start out on their own. 

That slightly more formal relationship means I don't get drowned in so much of the social slang and chit chat that they use amongst their friends and hence makes the interaction more comfortable for me.

Being in control of the workload helps a lot although I have been known to take on way too much and run myself down physically from too much manual work. Once you get sick you can't just call in - you need to drag your ass back onsite and keep going even when you are sick or feel fried mentally, so there is that to remember for beng self employed.

On balance this change is the best thing I ever did.

I was an IT technician for 15 years, an IT manager for 17 years and currently run my own business renovating property as part of my early retirement plan.

Being my own boss works well for me as I know everything that is going on, why it is being done that way, who I have scheduled in to do the tasks and that I am able to substitute for any of the tradespeople if they let me down.

I also get to use the time between projects to source the next ones, research the market and get to know the whole field much better - it lets me be a subject matter expert in my chosen field which suits my Special Interest autistic trait.

My preference for clear and precise instructions makes me quite suited to train apprentices so I help out a number of local youngsters who can benefit from the skills and start out on their own. 

That slightly more formal relationship means I don't get drowned in so much of the social slang and chit chat that they use amongst their friends and hence makes the interaction more comfortable for me.

Being in control of the workload helps a lot although I have been known to take on way too much and run myself down physically from too much manual work. Once you get sick you can't just call in - you need to drag your ass back onsite and keep going even when you are sick or feel fried mentally, so there is that to remember for beng self employed.

On balance this change is the best thing I ever did.

I've been an IT technician for the past 3 years or so, however on Monday I handed my notice in and now I'm on garden leave. I left because I disliked the management and the way they handled things, how they treated staff, and how they ripped off customers by selling them things they didn't actually need.

I'm looking to either get back into IT (ideally in a network engineering role or something like that to work my way up), or go self employed delivering IT solutions. I know the focus of this forum is autism rather than business, but would you have any advice for me?