In my capacity as an insurance broker, I deal with people all day, every day. My previous “career” as a waiter/bartender was also public relations heavy. I am accounted very good at what I do, and my employers always comment on my public-relations abilities.
Here’s the thing; I really don’t like dealing with people. At all. I just shift into automatic pilot and do it. But I’d love to have a job where I don’t have to speak to people at all (or very little). Any dopers out there have a job like this, or any suggestions?
Illustrator / commercial artist. Apart from the occasional interview with an art director, everything is done over phone, fax and e-mail. Virtually the only human contact you have to make is with the UPS guy.
In medical school, if you want to say that somebody has no social skills at all, you say that they should become a pathologist. They look at slides all day.
My neighbor had a business working by himself inspecting radio towers and changing their lightbulbs. He did quite well financially but quit when he started getting sloppy.
You could be an Alaskan trapper or conduct Antartic penguin research.
my cousin does sup’m with computers. he has been at the job for 2 years and has lost almost ALL ability to make small talk and mundane chit chat. Social skills are not required for whatever it is he does infront of a pc for hours, so he does lil more than grunt now.
fact checkers
researchers
some mechanics
truck drivers
construction
farmers
