#maybe thats me projecting cus i also tried healthcare first but being a social retard became too big an obsticale

[chrysopoeias]

When people write about AU's where Hawkeye did not join the military, they often have her be a school teacher or work in healthcare instead. I don't think I fully disagree. I can see it. She is caring and patient, especially with children, but she is also strict and efficient. Those are good traits for those jobs.

But on the other hand, those are very people-focused social jobs. And she is introverted and a bit socially weird. Fuery said during the flirting on the phone arc that listening in this is the most words he has ever heard her speak. She must be passable at teamwork since she is considered a good soldier, but generally, she's not very social. She also picked the lone sniper route for a career path, instead of becoming an army nurse from the start. When she is working as a sniper she's always alone, only communicating over radio.

Since she is skilled in fixing firearms she could perhaps have been a type of mechanic. I also love the idea of her growing up hunting, she could stick with that too as a job. And work comfortably alone... Who knows!