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If it is a curse to you, then you probably have other specific difficulties. I am a high-functioning autistic with an IQ of 156; I have trouble with all but th

If it is a curse to you, then you probably have other specific difficulties. I am a high-functioning autistic with an IQ of 156; I have trouble with all but the last 2. In fact, working as an employee helps offset my problems with "unrealistic expectations" since my biggest problem with that is lack of focus, and when employed my employer provides the focus. Unfortunately, since my last good employer died in 2001, I have been bouncing around between low level jobs ever since. I cannot work closely with others more than briefly, so I either have to work alone, which is what I mostly did in the 1990s, or switch jobs every few years, and with the economy and the torture looking for work is for me, I have been mostly out of work since last October.

CyberFonic 17y ago
Maybe you don't need a job, perhaps you need to work on your passion. Find your passion and in so doing find someone else who shares the same passion. If they are prepared to provide the structure that you require, then you could accomplish great things. Good Luck.
- billswift 17y ago
  That's my biggest problem, I don't have any particular passion. I NEED an external source of focus; when I'm not working I read and study more or less at random when something catches my attention. I have tried all sorts of things to try to maintain a single focus, but so far nothing has worked at all. And I need income even more, I'm already in debt, I just have to take whatever I can get for work.
billswift 17y ago
I came back to the site after taking a nap, thinking that maybe I came across as too whiny. After rereading what I wrote, I wanted to edit it and add more useful content, but it was too late to edit or delete it, so I decided to add to it on my blog. I responded more specifically to each point there. http://williambswift.blogspot.com/2009/08/from-question-posted-on-hacker-news-is.html http://williambswift.blogspot.com/2009/08/from-question-post...

CyberFonic 17y ago

Maybe you don't need a job, perhaps you need to work on your passion. Find your passion and in so doing find someone else who shares the same passion. If they are prepared to provide the structure that you require, then you could accomplish great things. Good Luck.

billswift 17y ago
That's my biggest problem, I don't have any particular passion. I NEED an external source of focus; when I'm not working I read and study more or less at random when something catches my attention. I have tried all sorts of things to try to maintain a single focus, but so far nothing has worked at all. And I need income even more, I'm already in debt, I just have to take whatever I can get for work.

billswift 17y ago

I came back to the site after taking a nap, thinking that maybe I came across as too whiny. After rereading what I wrote, I wanted to edit it and add more useful content, but it was too late to edit or delete it, so I decided to add to it on my blog. I responded more specifically to each point there. http://williambswift.blogspot.com/2009/08/from-question-posted-on-hacker-news-is.html http://williambswift.blogspot.com/2009/08/from-question-post...