if the question is about whether you can get OPT after associates degree or not?..you certainly can because I am in OPT now with my associates degree last year.

about whether you can get job or not? i think is totally dependent on what major you graduated from...as for me i graduated with degree in Radiology Technology, so I already had job offer even before i applied for the OPT

and it tun out to be a very intelligent decision i made because now i have saved enough money and got enough time to be accepted by better medical school for my bachelors degree in Radiation Therapy

and the experience i got at work during this time was life changing

so, working in OPT after getting associates degree worked for me