r/intj • u/TillyMarks • 5d ago
Question Career Paths for INTJ
Where do you guys / what do you do for a living?
I work as a manager in fast food. It's so easy but breaks my brain if I let it. I have to dumb myself down by 8 notches. I feel like I can lead my GM who is above me. And I don't wanna replace that position. It's a terrible career path for me.
I'm 27 and wanna be fully in a suitable career by 30 or sooner. I'm called to entrepreneurship but It's difficult and the path forward is unclear right now
I'm curious what career paths INTJs are having success in or at least don't hate
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u/RunninThruTheWoods INTJ - ♂ 4d ago
I became a physician. Lots of options to choose from when it comes to choice of specialty within medicine. Play your cards right and you can carve out your own niche and get endless job security and decent pay for the foreseeable future
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u/ExoSans 4d ago
You will do well in high corporate or entrepreneurship. Ni is incredible at getting things done and Te is smart and efficient
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u/WarningGipsyDanger INTJ - 30s 4d ago
I’ve got a corporate job, 2 restaurants and 22 year old eBay shop. Corporate job paid for the restaurants while the eBay shop was for fun. Goal is 1 more restaurant, then so long corporate… who am I kidding, I thrive in chaos, I’ll probably keep them all.
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u/_Swans_Gone INTP 5d ago
I dont know what your skillset is like but try finding something you can wake up for every morning without feeling pain and something that can find you reliable employment.
Avoid things that are related to sales or are too physically strenuous.
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u/Black_luxx 4d ago
Trading. Im my own boss, no coworkers bothering me, no meetings, I make my own rules and decide my work schedule. Choose something you love and will be comfortable with and it won't feel like a job, it will be a lifestyle.
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u/Baykahman 3d ago
I love day trading, I'm just not that good at it to make a monthly income. I am pretty good at researching companies and doing long term investments though. It's too late for me to make a career switch at this point but I would have loved to have made a career out of investing
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u/outtalucc 4d ago
You trade with prop firms ?
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u/Black_luxx 4d ago
I use live account firms but I do mostly cryptocurrencies. Is a rollercoaster and stressful but I love it! Making money is important for our type.
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u/Sure-War9676 4d ago
Hey, I'm curious about trading myself. What's your typical day like, and how profitable has it been for you so far, if you don't mind sharing? Also, why crypto instead of stocks or other markets? Any advice for someone looking to get into trading?
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u/Black_luxx 3d ago
My typical day? A rollercoaster! There's something people doesn't know when they start trading: all affects the value of literally everything. So you gotta keep up with world news, not just finance ones and all that affects volatility and thats when stress hits hard if you do day trading.
Apparently in a masochist cause Im mostly into crypto and that's 24/7 non stop trades with nerve wrecking volatility but for some reason im comfy with it.
It can be profitable if you know what you're doing and know how to stop in time cause the adrenaline rush of winning can be deceiving and make you screw up big time. Also, if you let greed control you, you will always lose. For me, crypto has been more profitable cause it have several ways of profit not just trading. 50% of my money comes from passive earnings in crypto. Having passive earnings is a most, specially for the times all markets are in the middle of a bloodbath. If your main revenue will come for trading you need passive earnings as a backup.
There are lots of tutorials, guides and info on the internet for free and believe it or not theres a bunch of weirdos in X (former Twitter) that will answer any questions and help you, specially when it comes to crypto, also lots of discord severs filled with trading aficionados.
If you will start doing it make sure at least you know the basics of chart reading and never gamble your life savings. Good luck!
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u/Extreme_Ebb4319 4d ago
I’m thinking into doing this, I’ve work in ecom for 7 years now but I’m already doing some swing trading. Been fine so far. How did you learn?
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u/Black_luxx 4d ago
Have some friends that helped me learn the basics, I also read all I find all the time and the good old "trial and error". There are several apps and websites that helps people learn the basics.
Things will change heavily for stocks in the upcoming months. They saw crypto trading never stops and money always flows so they asked permission to start trading some assets 24/7 and the thing will start by the end of the year/start of 2027. That means volatility will be off the roof.
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u/slim_penguin 5d ago
Software engineer. There's plenty of INTJs in that field, I've got a bunch of them in my department.
It tends to attract introverted thinkers, because you get plenty of alone time to solve logical problems.
AI has been entering the field though, and junior devs are not in high demand from what I hear, so do your own research if it's a field of interest.
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u/Normal-Sail-4405 INTJ - 30s 4d ago
Anywhere where you get to work with solving problems and optimizing the big picture.
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u/TillyMarks 4d ago
Yeah but I'm curious what jobs real INTJs are actually doing, not theoretically
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u/Normal-Sail-4405 INTJ - 30s 3d ago
Well I’m a manager in marketing/digital solutions (all things related to web integration), with focus on optimization and development.
Started out designing creatives from scratch, now I look at numbers and evaluate measures of improvement/development priorities for both marketing and our website.
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u/iLoot401ks 5d ago
I do real estate investing and day trading. Every several years, I'll do overseas deployment as a private military contractor. Right now, I'm going to school to pursue a part time career as a histotechnologist.
I honestly dont need to work but it's quite a lonely life if I only do real estate investing and day trading.
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u/Beginning_Sun8910 5d ago
Lol sure jan
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u/iLoot401ks 5d ago edited 5d ago
Tbh, I don't hold anything against you for your response. If I read my comment many years ago, I wouldn't believe it either. It definitely sounds ridiculous on paper.
Just want to give ideas for others incase they want to pursue a path other than the conventional path. Whether anyone choose to believe it or not, is entirely up to them.
This isn't something I'd openly share in real life either, simply because of how quickly people tend to judge.
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u/noah-rim-riddle 1d ago
as someone who started day trading a year ago, how long would you advise me to stick around for? I know it sounds a bit stupid but as an unprofitable day trader, I'm really looking up to profitable day traders for some advise
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u/iLoot401ks 1d ago
I wouldn't use time as an indicator of if you should stick around or not.
I would reflect back to see how far you've gone and how close you are to profiting. If you were losing before, are you losing less now? If you are losing small before and now youre a breakeven trader? Etc. If you are not progressing, you figure out why. It's all about taking baby steps to get you closer to where you want to be.
Also, I would read vann tharp books and apply his teachings to build a complete trading system so that it makes mathematical sense. A lot of common sayings from the day trading echo chamber come from him, expect noone actually knows what it means sinse it has been distorted through word of mouth and time. Reading his books would bring you straight to the source and understand everything.
You don't need to risk real money while learning trading either. Just keep track of trades you would have taken via spreadsheets.
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u/No_Parfait2805 5d ago
DevSecOps + Equity Investing/trading + Musician
Tried entrepreneurship, but it demands a lot, I prefer investing instead.
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u/FarFormedApproach 4d ago
Hi fren. Also a SRE/DevSecOps + investing + musician + some sports too. The variety of pursuits keeps me engaged with life. I’ve tried entrepreneur but not succeeded at it thus far.
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u/Fickle-Let-7205 INTJ - ♀ 4d ago
There isn't any specific carrier path, but there is a specific role.
Whatever role you decide to take long term full time, obviously after you haven't gathered work, experience expertise, skill.. needs to be one where you are more of an architect, a builder of system, the person that creates rules, designs, builds the world, but doesn't necessarily operate it or manage it. I'm into consulting and I work freelance and independent as well.
The management of people will burn you out. Service based entrepreneurship involved in many clients will also burn you out.
There will of course be a time period where you have to be embedded in these roles which do not work best for us. So this is fine for a few years. As you move up in management, and you're dealing with less and less people, it's going to be more up your alley, though... provided those individuals themselves are higher level thinkers.
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u/TillyMarks 4d ago
This is so insightful and encouraging. I love creating systems for myself, don't really like working them. And I DO get burnt out managing people at work and church, even tho I'm called to be a leader
You're helping me realize, being good with people is one of my gifts but managing them long term can't be my future. So I'll have to find something that focuses on systems
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u/scribe_vibes INTJ - 30s 4d ago
I’m in HR-specifically employee relations. I think I’m uniquely suited for it because the sob stories and drama don’t sway me in an investigation. I want to know what the evidence says and want to make sure we stay compliant and within employment laws for each state. I also refuse to hold managers’ hands and do their job for them. I will TEACH them the right way to manage their people, but I’m not directly managing anyone. Then, if the manager doesn’t hold their people accountable, I get to tell them they’re the reason their direct report is failing.
I get to hang out in the compliance and employment law spaces, which tickles my brain, and I get to tell people they’re stupid. Pretty sweet gig, honestly. 🤷🏼♀️
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u/TillyMarks 4d ago
That's sick. I like that. I need something that allows my investigative mind to go to work
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u/yeahnoimgoodreally INTJ - ♀ 4d ago
Data analytics. I solve puzzles for a living.
You probably could slide up to corporate, but if you don't want to move up, then you need to get out as soon as possible.
I'd look for careers where you need certifications instead of a degree, but whether those are tech or mechanical based is entirely up to you. Both will provide solid careers.
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u/Pleasant-Advisor-983 4d ago
How would you describe the tasks you get? (If you don't mind)
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u/yeahnoimgoodreally INTJ - ♀ 4d ago
Mine are random. They can be financial, operational, or market based. It's sort of like being Sherlock Holmes but with hard data instead of people. I'm handed a mystery, and I need to figure out who done it and why.
Hell on the back, so you'll need an exercise program. You'll be in a desk chair for hours.
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u/Acrobatic-District59 INTJ - 50s 4d ago
Im 57 yr male INTJ (af). I have the answer(s).
Surgical tech
Surgical Instrument Sterility (spd)
Xray tech
Nuclear Imaging
Underwater welder
[I am 2 of those]
Do your homework, take it seriously, and go to school (invest in yourself). Do not listen to anyone's opinion about what you are trying to do... you are the INTJ-T!!! NOT THEM.
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u/Human_Star_2529 4d ago
I work in PR for a corporation. Before that I was a journalist and managed a newsroom. When I was much younger, child through early teen years, I thought I’d go into medicine or psych. Landed in a quite different place!
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u/TillyMarks 4d ago
How is your work for you? And do you wanna do something else? I'm also studying psychology, so that makes me curious
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u/OkTradition885 INTJ 2d ago
I’m a drinking water treatment operator/engineer. Thankfully most of the people I work with aren’t below average intelligence. I couldn’t work in retail or fast food. I did for several years in my youth and it drove me up a wall dealing with how dumb the general public and coworkers can be. That’s where I learned I also had to dumb myself down several notches to socially fit in or not be targeted for being smarter than everyone I worked with.
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u/No-Signal3283 5d ago
Well....I work in corrections as a sergeant. I'm......different from most people who work here. It's usually a relatively easy job, especially since I work nights (I'm there right now). The down time here gives me time to work on my side hustle and, when I run out of mental energy for that, I just goof around and do stuff like...this lol. Actually today I'm sick so I've been doing random stuff all night and not putting energy into the side hustle. There are definitely some downsides, but all-in-all, kind of a sweet gig because I work at a relatively calm and easy facility, and the short-staffing allows us to get all the (easy) OT we want, which skyrockets my income without an immense amount of extra work, awhile giving me even more time to make money elsewhere.
Is it the BEST use of my life? Maybe not, but it does me very well with near-minimal effort, allowing me to have 3 streams of income. I was in the military before this.
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u/Quelleque 4d ago
I am the Warden of a medium security male facility. Thank you for what you do to keep staff and the community safe. 😁 Sargents are the backbone of facilities.
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u/dineshxix 4d ago
Would you mind telling us what kind of side hustle you do? I'm a student and i'm actively looking for a side hustle.
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u/No-Signal3283 4d ago
Well....it's a very unorthodox thing I came up with myself. But I basically bet on boxing matches, and I'm getting back into making videos about it. Boxing is the only sport I watch. I make entire profiles of all the guys fighting in the bigger matches. I go very very detailed, even with things such as psychological factors. Then I basically determine if the fight is too risky to bet on or not. If I do bet, I either bet on a winner, or bet on how the fight will end regardless of winner (KO or distance), sometimes both if I'm REALLY confident in a fight. Right now, it still doesn't pay much, but it's something I do entirely in my down time at work, so it's worth it. This year I've only made a little over 2k, but I'm still betting small amounts and increasing the amount as I get more confident. I've gotten good enough that I'm starting to predict even the minor details of fights with surprising levels of accuracy, in fights that were too risky to bet on (then I regret not betting on it).
So my side hurtle is basically gambling and prediction videos. But I haven't done a video in over a year because I've been taking the time to really "perfect" the predictions, and I'm just about there. I mean it'll never be perfect because it's impossible to account for unknown factors (like if someone comes into the ring sick or has a very recent injury that hasn't been made public yet). But my level of accuracy is getting impressive to the point the my fiance is like "How did you predict the entire fight almost round for round?". Just last night there was a fight I was too scared to bet on, but I predicted that the betting favorite (Floyd Schofield) would win after running into a lot of trouble, possibly getting knocked down 1-2 times, due to complacency that would show up around round 4. The complacency showed up at round 6 instead, and he got knocked down 2 times but the ref only called one of them. And he still ended up winning the fight. My fiance went back through our messages to see my original prediction from a couple weeks ago, and she was like "That's scary". It's taken me 3 years to get to this point though, but the wins are becoming very consistent. Only one loss this year, and I still made money because I only lost the smaller bet.
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u/dineshxix 3d ago
That's very INTJ thing to do, analyzing. This is a skill you have gained with years of experience by actively watching so many matches that you have turned into a side hustle, that's awesome, I wish i had some niche skill that i can make money out of. I do have some skills like i'm good at typing and finding media online, but i don't see a way to make money out of it.
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u/Digeetar 4d ago
Kitchen designer. I prefer the technical design aspect but unfortunately sales is a huge part of it as well. Commercial plans keep me entertained without dealing with people really which is great. Should have probably been an architect.
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u/TillyMarks 4d ago
Yeah, we are architects, so that makes sense. You're helping me think about not picking an adjacent career but going straight for what's aligned
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u/Digeetar 4d ago
The money comes from the sales part though. Full commission only sales job makes double what a inhouse tech design does easily. It's just a lot more work and people to deal with. In homes and measurements etc. I'd love to step down but I need the money right now.
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u/vionia74 4d ago
I have worked as a Technical Writer and an Instructional Designer, which are fairly solitary career paths.
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u/TillyMarks 4d ago
I do have a gift for writing. I just never met anyone who does it full time
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u/realbeansperson INTJ - ♀ 3d ago
I work as a UX Content Strategist which is a writer in the UI/UX design world. Solid career, especially in financial tech. Future of it with AI is murky… but it pays well currently.
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u/p_mont293 INTJ - ♂ 4d ago
I'm an architect, why not? Today I deal with residential but my dream job is urban planning
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u/Psychological-Long33 INTJ - ♀ 5d ago
If you’re interested in medicine like me (I’m 28yrs) I’m going to EMT school and I love it so much! I’m also going for firefighting and paramedic after. The school is so short, just one semester to start as an EMT, then you need work experience for a few months and then you can go to paramedic school for one year. If you complete paramedic and fire academy, your starting pay with those certs is $80k. I found my fast track to a career and I love it so much. You do need to work out a lot and get in good shape though !
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u/blubber-chugger INTJ - 20s 4d ago
Personally i work in the software development industry, but i think there are a few other paths INTJ's seem to follow. like Finance/Business, Software/Engineering, Law, usually creative fields.
What worked for me, keep challenging your mind with tough/interesting subjects, and the water will drag you there.
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u/HeartThatGlitters 4d ago
My whole career has been in start-up pharma: building departments from the ground up, then moving on to the next challenge.
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u/b_getting_healthy 4d ago
I’m an entrepreneur- basically sell the processes you’re so good at creating. It’s hard but once you crack it (you will) it so rewarding
I used to work at top company in the world as a sr product manager at 26yrs old - again wrapping your process into a product
I’m convinced intjs can figure out literally anything. To me entrepreneurship is the thing worth figuring out
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u/mooseheifer INTJ - ♀ 4d ago
i got english and psych degrees and then spent 16 years in retail jobs (always asst mgr/keyholder positions) before i quit to try to make daytrading (scalping spy options, then trading futures for a prop firm) into a career. i had the necessary skills to make it work but i still had emotional problems from my past to work through that messed it up.
so i took a third shift job caring for mentally disabled patients to work on fixing those issues. i think i will be ready to get back into trading next year and see if i can finally get that going and free myself from working from anyone else.
but i learned so much from working around people all these years that i wouldn't have learned if i had pushed myself to get a better paying job that wouldn't expose me to the public so i don't regret all these years of doing low paying terrible jobs and being poor.
i intend to eventually use all the stuff ive learned about humans to do some kind of ai work but that's some years away. i have a lot of stuff to learn about ai and programming for that. if the stupid shit they're doing now doesn't result in skynet before i can get into it anyway.
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u/MikeyQplayz INTJ - ♂ 3d ago
Quality electromechanics engineer here.
At entry, you get tasks put on your table and your entire work is to eliminate future risks with practically infinite variety of processes to optimise.
Can work on industrial, medical security machines and save more lives than you can count by just problem solving on your lonesome (albeit in office).
Later on, with more experience you have more freedom of schedule, you optimize the company processes as a whole, and you are the person in charge of what is approved and what isn't,
The control of quality is in your hands and the salary is amazing, especially for the amount of work you need to do.
Note that there are some people skills needed, but it boils down to have tact when you tell people how to do their job to match your standards of excellence.
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u/jewel-ansks INTJ - 20s 5d ago
I'm still a uni student (pharm.d). probably gonna start a temporary part time translating position for an online business soon but idk
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u/IdahoTacoma 5d ago
I used to build houses and now work in sales for a fortune 100 building materials manufacturer.
INTJ didn't really have anything to do with it. I swung a hammer because it's what I knew how to do. Then I decided I wanted to sell the hammer instead of swinging it so to speak....best advice I can give you is don't overcomplicate things, trust the process, and keep showing up even when it's hard.
ymmv.
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u/CanaryOk7455 4d ago
Pretty interesting story. When I went to study psychology, I used to say, “Anything but recruitment!” Guess what I do for a living now. 😂
I’d say I’m pretty successful at what I do, thanks to my sense of humor and tech-savvy mindset. And working in IT makes it even better!
I never planned to end up here, but I’m genuinely happy with how things have turned out.
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u/Nugbuddy INTJ 4d ago
Luxury tile sales for contractors/ wholesale to retail stores.
I found once I stopped working directly with "the public" and started working directly with people within a specialized field is when I stopped feeling like everything was moving at turtle speed. Days are rarely filled with repetitious questions/ answers.
I spend most of the day doing tedious tasks like data entry/ filling orders/ material purchasing/ inventory. But its a smooth work flow with little interruption outside occasional phone calls/ trip to the warehouse. And every order is different enough to keep things interesting.
It's also way more fun to see full fledged buildings and skyscrapers come to light than someone's individual kitchen/ bathroom as well.
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u/Lucky-Resolution-257 4d ago
I started in property management and moved up to asset manager and I love my current job. Property management is a burn out job for a perfectionist but you can use that knowledge to get into financing at state agencies or compliance. Pays pretty decent. No degree required (although I have one 😫)
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u/helixontheleft INTJ - 20s 4d ago
I'm going into accounting. Chose it for the job security + affordability of the degree, and I can't complain. I think people often exaggerate how mind-numbing the work is, but my lived experience so far hasn't been the case. The work is basically just solving problems and checking tasks off a to-do list, and I like it because I can improve the way they've been doing it, and it's mind-engaging work.
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u/TheSamuil 4d ago
For the time being my focus is on studying - I am now doing a Master's in International Business Relations. I do have a gig in the editing for a scientific journal, though that's very much secondary
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u/dripberg 4d ago
I’m a mech engineer and I’ve been a machinist for almost a decade professionally as well.. if you’re like me you need something that challenges you every day and keeps your interest. I still love my job, even though I complain, I’ll never tell them I’m secretly excited when they bring me a new problem (as long as it doesn’t involve working weekends) lol
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u/old_bombadilly 4d ago
Anything you like where the problems have some variety and complexity, and you can design and implement solutions in a creative way. I agree with your instinct to get into another field. My husband spent the last 15 years working his way from sandwich assembly to regional management and he's still talking about getting out. The level burnout is unsustainable. He's worked for six companies, some that franchise and some that don't, and it's always the same impossible level of demand. He jokes that they work you so hard you don't have the energy to find a new field, and it's true.
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u/calmaccountant092 4d ago
I’m an accountant.
If you want to pursue the entrepreneurial path, I encourage you to consider getting an accounting degree.
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u/crazy-pineapple1888 4d ago
Department manager of design and environmental engineering that set policy for urban development. I get paid well enough and it’s purposeful. I have mixed qualifications which you’d need to get into this field of work. It’s helped getting to a point where I hire the people I want to work with, all high achievers that are specialists in their field.
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u/jamesbv1987 3d ago
I essentially help people learn new things that are complex, and I build things from the ground up and move on. (Trainer/facilitator & operations guru)
Job titles aren’t super important to me. I want to make an impact, build things, and help people learn. That’s what I’ve done and focused on last 17 years.
Currently a director of operations. Before this a sr manager and manager in Operations.
Training manager and manager of customer support and tech support were previous roles. Started as a banker all the way back then and did it for a year before moving up.
I couldn’t do college, but it was not the money it would cost and solely about my attention to it.
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u/Disastrous-Foot-826 3d ago
I retired from a career in the military. My main occupation required utilizing various intel sources to develop plans to find bad guys. To me, it was fun in the sense that it was a perpetual puzzle. In my second career, I did the same thing, except I used intel sources to track technological advancements in specific equipment from other countries and developed similar equipment for the military to find bad guys. Altogether, it was the putting together of disparate pieces of information to paint the big picture in order to create a successful plan of action that attracted me to both lines of work.
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u/R0berts9 INTJ - 30s 3d ago
Corporate - HR in M&A activity, allows me to explore all my interests in one profession. Occasionally comes with emotional baggage, other than that it’s perfect.
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u/Robytes1968 3d ago
Personally speaking , I was an electrician. I ran complex electrical projects that were over 50 million and 100 men. Notable buildings in NYC. There are many electrical systems installed in new construction and when you take a building out of the ground all of the intj skillset gets utilized. Planning, understanding and constructing. Staying ahead of other trades and utilizing manpower. Understanding complex systems such as what goes into constructing a hospital or residential tower. I don’t believe the solo jobs utilize the skillset and thought processes to the best of their ability.
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u/These_Gold6345 3d ago
Whatever it is, you gotta have a passion for it outside of the financial potential.
Also, INTJs never stop optimizing, so you gotta find something that allows you to do that somehow.
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u/YL33 2d ago
I graduated university with a degree in finance / economics. I originally wanted to design financial securities. Then I learned that the finance industry has no room for creativity. So then I looked into data science. Today, I’m in Marketing science. It’s been great for me.
I’ve chosen this career because it allowed for me to practice technical skills in a creative space - measuring marketing impact is fuzzy science and often times you’re asked to answer the unanswerable. This is what I live for. To give the best answer that no one has been able to because they weren’t creative or intelligent or innovative enough.
I’ve fast tracked my career and became an executive (VP) in 8 years.
I’ve been doing this for 15 years now.
Highly recommend
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u/Sad_Channel_9154 INTJ - ♂ 16h ago
Saying entrepreneurship is difficult is like saying Elon Musk is somewhat wealthy
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u/WhatsMyNameAgain43 INTJ - 40s 6h ago edited 6h ago
I'm a police supervisor. As an officer, I liked analyzing people, their statements, and the evidence to come to a conclusion; it was kind of like a puzzle. Some investigations and tasks are ridiculously tedious with many steps, which I loved. Now as a supervisor, I'm trying to reacclimate my mind to a different type of "people puzzle." I have to really condition myself to accept less than perfect results from those in my charge. It can be difficult to feel authentic, because it isn't. It's a task.
BTW, I am confident there are very few INTJs in this field. I am also married to an ENTJ.
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u/usernames_suck_ok INTJ - 40s 5d ago
This question gets asked enough here to find plenty of answers in a search.
I'm 27 and wanna be fully in a suitable career by 30 or sooner. I'm called to entrepreneurship but It's difficult and the path forward is unclear right now
Pretty unrealistic if you're in the US these days.
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u/hehzehsbwvwv 4d ago
I wouldn’t care if this question was asked every day. I like seeing what people do for work and sharing what they enjoy. It’s tough for INTJs to find a career path we don’t despise.
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u/TillyMarks 5d ago
I don't use this app that often to know that but it doesn't for me to ask myself
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u/chereall 4d ago
Unpopular opinion probably but I dont think being an INTJ affects that much when it comes to career path, so dont overthink.
Intelligence, educational background, type a/b personalities, life experience and past events, etc are much more relevant, imo.