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The_little_didgee · Oct 08, 2016 at 11:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Strive4health

I work in a male-dominated field. Lately what I've been dealing with is male managers telling me where and what they think I should be doing with my life.

One of the things I learned is to be firm, yet professional. One has to be tactful, polite, AND show the maturity to allow certain stupid things to roll off the back and know when BS shouldn't be tolerated.

I think it would be harder if I was a younger woman, but I'm over 30 now and have developed enough thick skin to cope with tough situations.

I've been told by men what I should be doing too. I remember one telling me I should be a nurse's aide or a personal support worker. There was no way I was going to heed his advice, because I'm not made for jobs like that.

I really like what you wrote in the second paragraph. It is good advice.

I'm in my 30s as well and starting from scratch. I'm looking for work in manufacturing/machine shop. It seems to be suitable work for an autistic individual like me.