Jobs for a teen with AS?

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I'm looking for a job that requires little work with other people? Maybe deal with a few workers but nothing else, is there such a thing I can find?

My solution is online coding. I never have to see anyone and get paid to do what I love. The hours are CRAZY flexible.

For you, it depends on your passions. If you do something you enjoy, it won't seem like work. What sort of things do you spend most of your time doing?

Libraries are often good jobs but if you need complete isolation, become a programmer.

Yeah, like me!! ! There's probably only a couple other engineers that work at the same company as me with AS, but software engineers tend to have a wide range of social problems, so nobody ever notices how weird I am.

House or pet-sitting? I can't think of anything more solitary than that.

Go work at a place with people. Mcdonalds or something like that. It will teach you a lot more than working by yourself will. Getting experience working with people early will help you later on.

That's a good point. I find that working with a small, consistent group of people is best for me. When you come into contact with the same people every day, you start to learn about how to deal with their particulars. And people you work closely with can give you job references, which are always essential.

I keep returning to animal care. My first job was dealing with cats and dogs boarding in a vet's office. several years after that, I worked in a pet store with puppies.
Eight years later, and I get another pet care job. This time it's the overnight shift. :-p
Me, my co-worker, and the animals. And the animals are really the best customers out there. It can be messy, and it can be smelly, but I got over that because the dogs and most of the cats show a lot of appreciation for all the little things you do for them, especially when they're new and scared. Some people who shop retail would find something to call your manager for even if you handed them a million bucks on a silver platter.

A quieter, mom-and-pop type retail place is good for practicing with people while being less mobbed than at a walmart. I worked in a small gift shop for awhile, and the lady who owned it was one of those free-spirits who had no issues with my oddities.

edit - i've always wanted to work in a book store, but never got the chance. they can get pretty busy, but it's a different type of crowd.

A "paper-boy"?

My cousin used to do this...he had no contact with anyone what-so-ever when working. He used to ride his push bike and deliver papers to peoples mail boxes each day. Well obviously you'd need to know how to ride a bike for this job...so if you can't then, well you could walk but it would take 2-3 times as long.

If you're looking for a part time job while at school or studying, it's really difficult to find a aspie-friendly one. The only jobs I can find, aged 18 with no qualifications (except high school) are all retail jobs, working at the Warehouse or McDonalds. Paper boy might be good, but the people I know doing that all have to get up early for their paper rounds, and I find 8am for school hard enough.