you don’t have to describe them in detail with dates, not trying to get you to doxx yourself
but it’s kind of A Thing with neurodivergent folks to have tried a lot of different jobs, and I’m curious about everybody’s count
I think I’m up to 21 that I’ve filed taxes for, which doesn’t seem that extreme for 42, except when you consider that I’ve been unemployed most of my son’s 17 years of life because I couldn’t handle parenting and that level of outside obligations, so most of those happened before I was 25 – so 20ish jobs between 15-25
how bout you, how many things have you tried?
5 or 6 depending on where you draw the line. I had a couple of part time/fixed term jobs as a teenager, then when I dropped out of university I got a job at McDonald’s.
Since then I left to work in a factory at an engineering company and I have worked for that company ever since, but I got on an apprenticeship scheme for 5 years and became an engineer.
I have heard that neurodivergent people can switch jobs a lot, however this is probably because most jobs aren’t great at supporting us. I am lucky to work somewhere that I feel supported, and it is easy for me to stay where I am.