Male Dominated Professions better?

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If you are more logical, those fields can be great. However, you should be warned that more and more tech/engineering companies are wanting extroverted people with good communication skills. I think as long as you are ABLE to communicate in a way people understand, you should be fine. Lack of eye contact, being "quirky", and other traits shouldn't matter unless you are speaking to clients.

I'm also in a male-dominated profession though over the last twenty years that has been changing. I do get along with males better but I also manage stress less effectively due to GAD/ASD combo so they don't like it when I get "emotional". Of course on the other hand, they love my calm focus on the hot line during a busy rush! Also the attention to detail matters in a restaurant, it's one of my top selling points when looking for more work.

The downside to restaurant work is poor management, that can be a complete stress nightmare, you're left to fend for yourself in a very schoolyard way that sometimes ends up in fist fights right on the line! Get a good crew though-- you're working with 2-3 other people very closely and you have to be a good communicator -- so they have to be too!