Education vs Reality
Statistics show a grim reality of what work life looks like for autistic people.
Unemployment rates are high among us, so is working in jobs we are either overqualified or misqualified for.
I'm interested to know what you learned or studied for and where you eventually ended up working.
I'll start:
I studied to be a social worker and a little while later I decided to study media design.
Couldn't set foot in the media related world and worked in the social field again for several years. Eventually I burned out and knew I couldn't work in that field anymore.
Since then I worked for the local mail service (during which time I received my diagnosis at age 33).
I left that job after 3.5 years because I got a job offer from a doctor who wanted me to work as her secretary. Since it was a very quiet practice I agreed because my body was wrecked from all the heavy lifting at the mail service job. The doctor then didn't keep a single word of what she told me before I started there and fired me after one month without explanation.
I then ended up in a small shoe company where I repaired all kinds of shoes after a couple months of training. 9 months later they also fired me for being too slow while praising me for my work ethic, reliability and precision.
I've been unemployed for almost 3 months now and I have no idea when or where I will find a new job.