In our modern age it’s pretty messed up to pigeon-hole women by limiting their career options, and yet some backwards-thinking Neanderthals still think it’s appropriate. In reality, however, women can do all types of jobs from being a firefighter to making fantastic gourmet meals as a chef. By definition a non-traditional job for a woman is one where up to 25% of workers are women. The US Department of Labor has listed around 100 non-traditional professions, which is quite a big number.
A person’s gender should never play a pivotal role in choosing an occupation, unless someone requires you to have certain body parts, but those jobs are a whole other can of worms. In a nutshell, I don’t think there are any jobs that a man or a woman are incapable of doing, purely based on their gender. As long as you have the required skills, you should be given a shot, which is why education is incredibly important in anyone’s future career.
So now let’s get a quick look at those 10 non-traditional career choices for women.
1. Truck Driver
What’s so special about transporting goods?
![Woman Truck Driver | Brain Berries](https://img-cdn.brainberries.co/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/non-traditional-careers-for-women-1-1024x683.jpg)
2. Architect
Designing cool buildings is an awesome career path!
![Woman Architect | Brain Berries](https://img-cdn.brainberries.co/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/non-traditional-careers-for-women-2.jpg)
3. Barber
Turns out women do know how to trim one’s beard.
![Woman Barber | Brain Berries](https://img-cdn.brainberries.co/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/non-traditional-careers-for-women-3-1024x689.jpg)
4. Chef
For some reason most chefs are men, but I’ve never heard anyone saying “the dinner my dad has cooked was unforgettable”. Moms rock, and women are awesome chefs!
![Woman Chef | Brain Berries](https://img-cdn.brainberries.co/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/non-traditional-careers-for-women-4.jpg)
5. Clergy Member
Religion and religious people are a tough cookie to crack. That’s all I can say.
![Woman Clergy Member| Brain Berries](https://img-cdn.brainberries.co/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/non-traditional-careers-for-women-5.jpg)
6. Special agent/Detective
It’s a dangerous job for sure, but oh so rewarding!
![Woman Special agent Detective | Brain Berries](https://img-cdn.brainberries.co/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/non-traditional-careers-for-women-6.jpg)
7. Engineer/Technician
Apparently, not too many women find maths, physics, and all the science mumbo-jumbo very fun.
![Woman Engineer | Brain Berries](https://img-cdn.brainberries.co/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/non-traditional-careers-for-women-7-1024x683.jpg)
8. Firefighter
Firefighters save lives every single day. This is probably the most valiant of all the professions on this list.
![Woman Firefighter | Brain Berries](https://img-cdn.brainberries.co/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/non-traditional-careers-for-women-8-1024x667.jpg)
9. Pilot
What is a pilot if not a sky Uber? But unlike Uber, only the most qualified get to fly air crafts.
![Woman Pilot | Brain Berries](https://img-cdn.brainberries.co/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/non-traditional-careers-for-women-9-1024x768.jpg)
10. Programmer
Writing codes, making apps and games, staying up till the morning with blood-shot eyes, not sleeping for days because of the deadlines and crunch time… Yup being a programmer is very rewarding!
![Woman Programmer | Brain Berries](https://img-cdn.brainberries.co/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/non-traditional-careers-for-women-10.jpg)