Best career for SPD?

nprkntlny wrote:Handyman? Really?...

i wasn't analyzing all of these suggestions in-depth. maybe it's just me, but the ones i came across take a lot of time to do their thing, concentrate on the task (on their own) and rarely open their mouths. that's what i based it off.
nevermind.

Feleanoctis wrote:i wasn't analyzing all of these suggestions in-depth. maybe it's just me, but the ones i came across take a lot of time to do their thing, concentrate on the task (on their own) and rarely open their mouths. that's what i based it off.
nevermind.

They are good suggestions the only problem was that these jobs require a lot of travel from place to place. Some schizoids with above average motivation would be able to overcome these obstacles.

EmpathySucks wrote:Getting off welfere - some people really deserve it, unlike the stupid single moms that just repeat the cycle of getting fuked and farting out another worthless abomination.

As a general observation, when you change your job, or role, you're just replacing one headache with another, with the possibility of it being worse, but not any better. Therefore, all options are pretty much forfeit.

Nobody does.

Feleanoctis wrote:

nprkntlny wrote:Handyman? Really?...

i wasn't analyzing all of these suggestions in-depth. maybe it's just me, but the ones i came across take a lot of time to do their thing, concentrate on the task (on their own) and rarely open their mouths. that's what i based it off.
nevermind.

Handymanning is very social and an extraordinarily fussy job. I had two handymen in my home today and it was bordering on intolerable, and that was just listening to THEM talking to eachother. I've also worked with a very quiet handyman and while the social interaction was minimal... the job is so fussy and uninteresting. The lack of intellectual stimulation is not great for schizoids.

nprkntlny wrote:Handymanning is very social and an extraordinarily fussy job. I had two handymen in my home today and it was bordering on intolerable, and that was just listening to THEM talking to eachother. I've also worked with a very quiet handyman and while the social interaction was minimal... the job is so fussy and uninteresting. The lack of intellectual stimulation is not great for schizoids.

yeah, i didn't give too much thought on the title of the thread, and instead listed possible jobs instead of ideal careers. path of least resistance and all.

smirks wrote:Also to consider might be something like a graphic designer/web designer where you can do a lot of correspondence and interaction by email.

I could never do that, 'cause forcing (or "adjusting", but it feels forceful to me) my creativity to suit someone else's needs and visions is just the worst. I went to a vocational school about media, and I even had trouble doing any of the design assignments - usually I made something entirely different "as a joke", and thankfully it was a crappy enough school that I still passed it just fine. But that's just me I guess.

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Isik wrote:

EmpathySucks wrote:Getting off welfere - some people really deserve it, unlike the stupid single moms that just repeat the cycle of getting fuked and farting out another worthless abomination.

As a general observation, when you change your job, or role, you're just replacing one headache with another, with the possibility of it being worse, but not any better. Therefore, all options are pretty much forfeit.

Nobody does.

Oh, not even people who are in the wheelchair AND mentally on a 3 year old's level (for example)? Nice...

I don't think the career matters as much as the work environment and that can differ even within the same field.

My last job everyone else was in their 20s and constantly chatting at work and inviting each other out for drinks afterwards every night. Then I switched companies, same job, everyone else was in their 40s, had kids, and cleared out of the office by 4 without saying a word to anyone.

I like any job I can bury myself in without having to talk to anyone. Most research jobs are like that. If I was to go back to school I would study geography and specialise in GIS mapping. Lots of fiddling with computers all day.

I worked for an IT company for a few years and the job itself wasn't too bad but my supervisor was the most obnoxious, bullying bitch. She made the entire office so toxic I had to quit. She seriously acted like she was 15, had her little clique of favourites, and ran around torturing everyone else.

And I really liked working on a farm in college and the factory jobs I've had have been mostly pretty good although it depends on what you're assembling and how hard the company pushes you. I worked for a great factory that made ski poles one summer. Just pulling a lever all day by myself and thinking my thoughts. Then I worked in a really $#%^ factory assembling cardboard boxes. They made you stand all day for no reason except to be assholes, expected you to keep up a ridiculous pace and you ended the day with paper cuts all over your hands.

So yeah - I don't think it's the job so much as the company, your boss and the people you work with.

Probably most careers you can find work places where SPDers could adapt and work places where they would be miserable.

*On edit - now that I think of it, welding would be pretty good as well and pays decently. You just flip your helmet down and get on with it.

^ I always wondered if working on a farm might be a good job for someone with SPD. I like caring for plants and have a little garden that I love working in every summer.

I guess it depends on how closely in proximity you are to other workers who might want to talk.

lindi wrote:I could never do that, 'cause forcing (or "adjusting", but it feels forceful to me) my creativity to suit someone else's needs and visions is just the worst. I went to a vocational school about media, and I even had trouble doing any of the design assignments - usually I made something entirely different "as a joke", and thankfully it was a crappy enough school that I still passed it just fine. But that's just me I guess.

I don't know. I think there are two ways you can go in design. I think some people have a weak sense of their own aesthetic and they end up having a diverse portfolio, and maybe a more stable work, but don't become specialists. No one seeks them out for a reason beyond, "we need something designed", and in this case, it might not be an ideal job for a schizoid, because you have that aspect of catering to fusspots.

On the other side of the coin, you have people with really strong personal aesthetics and style, and I think at the beginning it's a lot of developing a portfolio and getting it out there, and then people start contacting you when they need your specific style for a project. I think this works very well for a schizoid. I don't think that it even really requires networking, just developing stuff and putting it out there, you know? Unless you're shy about your art (sometimes I'm shy about my art).

Sometimes schools kind of develop you to be small time, you know? A lot of academic exercises prepare you for small time grunt work, but I think that one of the cool things about being a creative type is sometimes you can get to dictate the terms of your professional relationships a little more.

smirks wrote:^ I always wondered if working on a farm might be a good job for someone with SPD. I like caring for plants and have a little garden that I love working in every summer.

I guess it depends on how closely in proximity you are to other workers who might want to talk.

Yeah it was brilliant. It was a sheep and horse farm with some deer as well. I'd come in at the crack of dawn, not see anyone all day and be done by 2pm. Great exercise but my dust allergies did me in eventually. And the pay wasn't that great and I can't see doing it past age 40 or so.

And again, if you boss is an asshole your job will suck no matter what you do.

^ Very true. I developed a little bandaid for that, called "avoiding the boss", and sometimes, if you are very good at what you do, you can get away with it, but on the other hand, the strategy has also really backfired on me professionally.