what job is good for aspie women?

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I work as a proofreader.

I'm a geologist. Sometimes there is quite a bit of interaction with other people, but especially now it is often via email. I've worked exploration jobs in the past where I am dropped off by helicopter at eight in the morning and left on my own to hike around looking at rocks until six in the evening. There is a huge amount of variety within the profession, so you can find your niche.

Being a night person by nature, I've worked the midnite shift most of my adult life. Fewer people to interact with. Since 1994, I've been involved with truck stops one way or another--either as an employee or as a customer. (I have a Class A CDL, which means I can drive an 18-wheeler. Great job, if you can take extreme weirdness--driving hours on end, odd sleeping schedules, shippers, receivers, & weirdest of all: DISPATCHERS! I loved it, but my husband got sick & I had to come off the road.)

What I like best about my current job, which I've held for 9 years with the same company (truckstop fuel desk cashier) is that some of my customers are even weirder than I am, so that make me feel SO "normal".

I've also been a short order cook, been in mall maintenance, been a research lab assistant (basically, a glorified, high-tech dishwasher; eventually learned some of the easier procedures, which saved the Prof. lots of time for other things), and I also did the Chief Cook-&-Bottlewasher/Mommy routine.

If you can hack midnights, I highly recommend it. Your social life will border on non-existant, guaranteed.

I wish that when I was younger I had known that I was going to be different as a grown up. I would have gone to university and studied something academic and been a researcher or something like that. But at school my teachers said, "you're an intelligent girl, why don't you work in an office." I regret following that advice. My English teacher thought that I should be a writer. I like to think that he looks for my name on the shelves of bookshops.

I also love to cook. hiding behind pots makes me happy. Creating meals from nothing makes me feel powerful.

Aside for that, I was in the tech industry until it moved overseas. Now I'm spending a lot of time obsessing about dramatically changing my life and my work. So far I had no success. I really do NOT want to be in the tech industry. It's rough finding a different career without any college degree and interests other than anything to do with a computer.

I've been a nurse in Emergency - in this role I loved trying to diagnose the patients before the doctors (analytical skills coming in), I was also admired for being able to keep "cool and calm" in high stress situations.
I have since moved to a business analyst role for an IT department which I'm enjoying.

i'm studying formulation science. and chemical engineering
i get to do chemistry and make stuff.

i'm currently a volunteer seeking paid work.
But the positions I've volunteered in I've worked as a: library assistant, Kennel Cleaner and Cattery assistant at the Humane Society, Kitchen staff volunteer at University of Oregon Student Union (twice), office volunteer at Oregon Dept of Human Services (again twice), Janitorial work (mostly the choir room, the sanctuary, youth room, kitchen, library and Alcoholics Anonymous meeting room) at Eugene First United Methodist Church, childcare volunteer at Eugene Parent-Child Preschool, childcare volunteer at Lane Community College Family Child Care center (hated it!), childcare volunteer at KidCity Adventures (they let me go for ridiculous reasons ), Lane Community College TRiO STEM tutoring center (as an office assistant, been there since feb. 6, 2012)

I'm also seeking to switch over to the housekeeping part of LCC to gain some experience for a paid job (possibly at a hotel like Hampton Inn or Marriott idk wherever will have me I guess) I could get if the ball is in my field (I've heard they also pay too which at my current place, doesn't happen since I'm a volunteer and not work study)

I looking to be a translator in a freelance contract with an agency, which is pretty much an ideal job for someone like me (my dream job would be singer, but that's another issue entirely). I think higher education - college, community college and/or trade schools are specially beneficial for aspie women and aspies in general, since you can study what you really want and what you feel strongest about, and it gives you a degree that allows you to seek jobs that suit you more easily. Evidently the best job for each aspie woman is the job that suits her interests and needs personally.

I´m studying to become a medical secretary but right now I work extra as a massage therapist in a hotel. I have always been very interested in things associated with SPA and wellness so I love this job. It´s very routine based but still alternating and it gives me great pleasure and confidence when I can make other people feel good which also makes it easier to socialize with them. When I work it´s mostly only a few hours a time which fits me perfectly and I mostly work in the weekends. However sometimes there are full days with treatments and then I get really tired both physically and mentally so I wouldn´t be able to work with it full-time.

I´m part of an engineering company. When our buildings sites are done it is my job to create plans and statistics of the building site in a readable form, so we can send proofable bills.

I really do like the engineering business, because people dont care so much for externals and more for results.

So you dont really stand out, if you do not wear make up or fashion-cloths as a woman in company.

What job is good for aspie men? Why would any job be better or worse based on your gender (unless you're talking about social attitudes toward a particular line of work)?

I work as a psychologist but mainly counseling.

I would recommend a non-physical job similar but it depends on you, My romana is a naturopathic nurse practitioner and he brings home in at least six thousand a month.

I recommend receiving a a college degree first.

I absolutely loved working as a jeweler doing repairs particularly, until it became very physically uncomfortable (jewelers suffer a lot of shoulder and neck issues, and I have a connective tissue disorder on top of that). Minimal contact with people, and lots of thinking about how to do a job so that no one would ever know there had been a problem in the first place, giving people back pieces of their past and their families' pasts that they treasured.