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How would you feel after a day in these jobs? Part V, managers

BlueScreen

Fail 2.0
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Hiring new people, promoting occupational development and well-being in the work
I'd love to be involved in summing up the best people for jobs, and getting the most out of it for them and the company.

Deciding on the company's purchasing contracts, inventory and storage
A bit too straight forward organisational. Maybe if it had some creative decision making I'd like it.

Directing the technical research development program in a space technology corporation
Get to have and control the ideas and not have to do the work? It's got ENFP written all over it.

Planning, coordinating and controlling the efficiency of building airplane parts
Making processes more efficient is one I enjoy, planning depends on how interesting it is.

Overseeing the marketing, production and personel as the head of a building company
I would go okay for a day, long term routine and punctuality would start to kill me.

Overseeing a team of construction engineers at the construction site of a large bridge
Could do this. I tend to notice safety flaws, etc. pretty fast, and the technical side. Might spend most of the day bored and chatting to people hence disturbing their work though.

Leading the creative development of a fantasy RPG game and managing a team of artists
Bring it on, this could be really fun. Depending what they are like, managing artists might annoy me though.

Improving border security by detecting smuggling and illegal immigration as the head of a customs office
I'm an ENFP. You don't want me in a job where I have to be hard line and strictly follow laws, because I'll naturally be empathetic, situational and subjective.
 

NewEra

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I gave them ratings too - 10 is the best, 1 is the worst.

Hiring new people, promoting occupational development and well-being in the work
- No. Not my thing, I wouldn't really be good at this, I'm a blue-collar worker, not really a CEO type. The positive though is less stress and more job security.
Rating: 4.5

Deciding on the company's purchasing contracts, inventory and storage
- This would be more of my type of job, not in charge of people but in charge of inventory and storage. It could get dull, but I think I would still like it.
Rating: 7.0


Directing the technical research development program in a space technology corporation
- The space technology corporation sounds intriguing, and I guess the directing here could be fun too. Has the potential to be good.
Rating: 6.5

Planning, coordinating and controlling the efficiency of building airplane parts
- This could be a lot of work. I could also see it getting boring over time. Stress from lawsuits and time requirements could also be something to potentially watch out for. Other than that, doesn't seem too bad.
Rating: 5.5

Overseeing the marketing, production and personel as the head of a building company
- Meh, again, I wouldn't really like this kind of job, because it seems I have a lot of responsbility but of course there are perks.
Rating: 5.0

Overseeing a team of construction engineers at the construction site of a large bridge
- This could potentially be really good. I would like the construction engineering aspect of it, and I could see it being very challenging too, but in a good kind of way. Get some fresh air as well.
Rating: 7.0

Leading the creative development of a fantasy RPG game and managing a team of artists
- Ah, once again, a video game job. This one is more artsy than the programming one. Not a real fantasy RPG player and am not very creative either, but I think I would like this job if I know what I'm doing. And if I get to play the games, it would be even better.
Rating: 8.0

Improving border security by detecting smuggling and illegal immigration as the head of a customs office
- Wow, this sounds like a lot of responsibility. Not really a big fan of responsbility. Sounds risky, but definitely interesting. Could potentially get dangerous and always have to be alert. Not too laid back of a job.
Rating: 4.5


There you have it.
 

Valiant

Courage is immortality
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Hiring new people, promoting occupational development and well-being in the work

This would be somewhat OK, since I have good people skills and the ability to weed out the bastards, cheats, losers and psychos.

Deciding on the company's purchasing contracts, inventory and storage

No, I don't like this at all. I could do it, and I could be good at it... But it would bore me to death.

Directing the technical research development program in a space technology corporation

I could become quite good at this, and it would be fun. I love space things and I read a lot about FTL travel, astrophysics and stuff. Quite intriguing.

Planning, coordinating and controlling the efficiency of building airplane parts

No. Just... No.

Overseeing the marketing, production and personel as the head of a building company

Would be bored. Badly.

Overseeing a team of construction engineers at the construction site of a large bridge

“I had rather be the first in this village than second in Rome.” - Caesar


Leading the creative development of a fantasy RPG game and managing a team of artists

I would love this. Definitely the best one in the list. Tonight I will be writing the basic outlines for an adventure for my friends. I'll be the DM :)

Improving border security by detecting smuggling and illegal immigration as the head of a customs office

I'd be good at this, since I have the mind of a criminal. :devil:
 

attetude

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Hiring new people, promoting occupational development and well-being in the work
I would be good, I guess. Well being is one of the most important aspects in work, so...

Deciding on the company's purchasing contracts, inventory and storage
Blah.. Having to listen too much speeches about one product being the best for us.

Directing the technical research development program in a space technology corporation
If I can try the products out in space, then yes.

Planning, coordinating and controlling the efficiency of building airplane parts
This airplane would never fly.

Overseeing the marketing, production and personel as the head of a building company
This building would collapse.

Overseeing a team of construction engineers at the construction site of a large bridge
This bridge would never last.

Leading the creative development of a fantasy RPG game and managing a team of artists
A dream job. IF the people developing the game would understand my ideas and weren't idiots who came up with something, and keep it with until I would kill them.

Improving border security by detecting smuggling and illegal immigration as the head of a customs office
Bribes. Give.
 

Walking Tourist

it's tea time!
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8 hour day.

Hiring new people, promoting occupational development and well-being in the work Sure. I'd like to make sure that previously unemployed people got good-paying jobs. A happy employee is a productive employee.:hug:

Deciding on the company's purchasing contracts, inventory and storageSounds boring, but it could be interesting if I got to go shopping!!!:devil:

Directing the technical research development program in a space technology corporationI'd just say whatever and let the researchers do their work without any interference from me.

Planning, coordinating and controlling the efficiency of building airplane parts If I did that, disaster could strike.

Overseeing the marketing, production and personel as the head of a building companyThat could be fun. No company could have more fun focus groups than mine. Now... what were we supposed to build???

Overseeing a team of construction engineers at the construction site of a large bridgeAm I supposed to date them or ensure that they are working???:devil::wubbie::doh:


Leading the creative development of a fantasy RPG game and managing a team of artistsOooh, yeah. That's fun.

Improving border security by detecting smuggling and illegal immigration as the head of a customs officeI'd rather just welcome the "illegal immigrants" to their new homes with delicious food and a ticket to the closest bullet train and an appointment with a doctor in one of our free health care... oh wait... I forgot what country I live in...
Nope. They'll have to play in traffic... and I'll resign my job and emigrate...
sigh...:nerd:






The whole series:

Part I, simple jobs
Part II, skilled jobs
Part III, associate professionals
Part IV, experts
Part V, managers[/QUOTE]
 

Gewitter27

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Hiring new people, promoting occupational development and well-being in the work
Ugh... Not for me!
Deciding on the company's purchasing contracts, inventory and storage
Perhaps...
Directing the technical research development program in a space technology corporation
Oooh, baby! I'm right on it!
Planning, coordinating and controlling the efficiency of building airplane parts
Mmm... I'd probably like this!
Overseeing the marketing, production and personel as the head of a building company
Bleah... Probably not...
Overseeing a team of construction engineers at the construction site of a large bridge
I'd like it.
Leading the creative development of a fantasy RPG game and managing a team of artists
I'd love to do this! It would be awesome.
Improving border security by detecting smuggling and illegal immigration as the head of a customs office
"I don't care what you say. We're building a 1000 volt, 5 amp electric fence ALL ACROSS THE BORDER and that's final! Your 'It is hard' and 'it is inhumane' dribble can be cancelled out when I say that these people are COMMITTING A CRIME by coming here in the first place!" That's probably one of the first things I'll say.
 

LostInNerSpace

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Directing the technical research development program in a space technology corporation

I recently said in a post somewhere back there that the search for ET was not a productive use of assets in these times. I should make a small correction. Never know when my words will come back around to bite me in the ass.

The planned 2016 trip to Europa is good science. That kind of mission has the power to inspire and set fire to people's imaginations. Sending an autonomous robotic submersible to explore the ocean on an alien moon beneath 20 miles of ice. That kind of plot sells movie tickets. Whether or not we actually find life is not so important. If the mission is sold well to the public it will be driven by peoples curiosity. The planning and preparation for the trip is just as if not more important than the trip itself. Necessity is often the mother invention. The scientists will solve all kinds on new problems to make it happen. It will inspire kids to pay more attention to a math and science. It can also serve to remind the average person why we still need a space program.
 

Kangirl

I'm a star.
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Hiring new people, promoting occupational development and well-being in the work
Would enjoy hiring new people, but have little interest in HR work/promoting people's well-being in the workplace.

Deciding on the company's purchasing contracts, inventory and storage
This would be good busy work for me.
It wouldn't mentally set me on fire, but it would keep my brain occupied in the way computer games do at times.


Directing the technical research development program in a space technology corporation
I'd like this, but more for the 'directing' part than the specifics of *what* I'm directing.

Planning, coordinating and controlling the efficiency of building airplane parts
Yes pls!

Overseeing the marketing, production and personel as the head of a building company
Yes pls.

Overseeing a team of construction engineers at the construction site of a large bridge
I have no technical qualifications for this. If I did, then yes, this would be enjoyable for me. The combination of a)leadership position and b)tangible, visible results would combine to make this something I wouldn't mind getting up in the morning for.

Leading the creative development of a fantasy RPG game and managing a team of artists
I could do this. Oversee the project rather than participate in the specific details of the project. Not sure I'd work well with very 'artistic' temperaments tho. They'd have to be the non-crybaby type.

Improving border security by detecting smuggling and illegal immigration as the head of a customs office
HELL YES. This would be fun, fun, fun for me. I would get *into* this job.
 

LostInNerSpace

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Directing the technical research development program in a space technology corporation
I'd like this, but more for the 'directing' part than the specifics of *what* I'm directing.

You would like to direct anything? Even the flow of toilet paper to cubicles in the space technology corp building?

I would not want to do this myself. It is a role for someone who has a passion for the work. Someone who can put in endless hours because of their devotion to the cause. Probably a scientist who has worked in the field for a while. This is how you get the best results. Put the best people in roles best suited for them. It can be a role slightly out of a person's reach initially if they have the capacity to grow into that role with relative ease. Force fitting people into roles for which they are not suited at the expense of sidelining more qualified individuals is a recipe for mediocrity. Directing the flow of toilet paper is a messy business.

It may also demoralize the more well suited employees and cause them to leave and seek better opportunities at another company.
 

wren

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8 hour day.

Hiring new people, promoting occupational development and well-being in the work

i would take too long hiring people, don't know what occupational develpment means, but i could be good at developing wellbeing in the workplace

Deciding on the company's purchasing contracts, inventory and storage

purchasing contracts, no; inventory and storage, yes, i could do this well

Directing the technical research development program in a space technology corporation

absolutely not

Planning, coordinating and controlling the efficiency of building airplane parts

i'd rather die in a plane crash

Overseeing the marketing, production and personel as the head of a building company

no

Overseeing a team of construction engineers at the construction site of a large bridge

maybe if i took a major in engineering

Leading the creative development of a fantasy RPG game and managing a team of artists

no

Improving border security by detecting smuggling and illegal immigration as the head of a customs office

most defintiely

I didn't have the time to research this one so well, so excuse me if there are gross errors of fact.

:shock:
:hi::yes:
 

INTJ123

HAHHAHHAH!
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Hiring new people, promoting occupational development and well-being in the work I'm not a people person, but I would put mbti to good use.

Deciding on the company's purchasing contracts, inventory and storage pretty easy, but I'd get bored.

Directing the technical research development program in a space technology corporation hmmm

Planning, coordinating and controlling the efficiency of building airplane parts sounds a little fun. innovation always is.

Overseeing the marketing, production and personel as the head of a building company sounds fun I can sit at my desk and drink all day.

Overseeing a team of construction engineers at the construction site of a large bridge nah, more likely to shun the bridge and work on creating flying vehicles.

Leading the creative development of a fantasy RPG game and managing a team of artists sounds decent.

Improving border security by detecting smuggling and illegal immigration as the head of a customs office not my cup of tea.
 

Katsuni

Priestess Of Syrinx
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Hiring new people, promoting occupational development and well-being in the work
Hiring new people is difficult, everyone's lying, everyone's biased, trying to pick something that's best for the company (and this can often lead to sexism/racism for shoehorning in minorities with less skill just because they look good publicly even if they're not the best choice...) and so on, I'd have too much guilt on all three aspects of these things because it enforces values which are not my own on people who also don't hold them.

Deciding on the company's purchasing contracts, inventory and storage
Too much strategic level, not tactical. Beyond the scope of which I can grasp honestly.

Directing the technical research development program in a space technology corporation
I'd be better suited ON the research team, not directing it. Managers just don't have the same skillset as the researchers. As a middlemanager though, trying to explain the concepts the research team has to higher management who's clueless and breaking down the technobabble into coherant thought could be probably done.

Planning, coordinating and controlling the efficiency of building airplane parts
More planning! Funny how that goes with management as a whole >.> I'd suck here as much as I imagine the rest would be. Actually I'm going to skip ahead and check each of these rather than answer in turn now.

Overseeing the marketing, production and personel as the head of a building company
Would suck at it.

Overseeing a team of construction engineers at the construction site of a large bridge
Would suck at this too. I'm also afraid of heights.

Leading the creative development of a fantasy RPG game and managing a team of artists
Some of this I could actually do due to a vast understanding of game mechanics as a whole and how they interact with one another. Managing a team of artists is alot harder to do though considering they're... ARTISTS, they like to draw whot they want, not whot yeu want them to. I'd be better on the artist side, than on the leading side.

Improving border security by detecting smuggling and illegal immigration as the head of a customs office
I don't think I'd have even the remotest clue on where to start, especially due to the lack of a budget. Almost all the 'improvements' require... extra monies. Either for more workers, or more defenses, or equipment at checkpoints. I don't see myself being effective at all here.
 

wren

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sorry if i already answered this...don't want to read all the posts and can't remember if i did

8 hour day.

Hiring new people, promoting occupational development and well-being in the work

yes

Deciding on the company's purchasing contracts, inventory and storage

yes

Directing the technical research development program in a space technology corporation

no, not qualified

Planning, coordinating and controlling the efficiency of building airplane parts


not qualified

Overseeing the marketing, production and personel as the head of a building company

don't like marketing much

Overseeing a team of construction engineers at the construction site of a large bridge

yes but not qualified

Leading the creative development of a fantasy RPG game and managing a team of artists

no, video gamers are a breed i can't relate to very much. i like them but don't get 'into' it as much as they do. not qualified

Improving border security by detecting smuggling and illegal immigration as the head of a customs office

never

I didn't have the time to research this one so well, so excuse me if there are gross errors of fact.





The whole series:

Part I, simple jobs
Part II, skilled jobs
Part III, associate professionals
Part IV, experts
Part V, managers
 

Such Irony

Honor Thy Inferior
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Hiring new people, promoting occupational development and well-being in the work
Yes to the occupational development and well-being. I think I'd rather have someone else do the hiring.

Deciding on the company's purchasing contracts, inventory and storage
Tolerable but not that exciting

Directing the technical research development program in a space technology corporation
Sounds interesting

Planning, coordinating and controlling the efficiency of building airplane parts
Boring

Overseeing the marketing, production and personel as the head of a building company
No, sounds exhausting

Overseeing a team of construction engineers at the construction site of a large bridge
No, don't like having to oversee people and I know zero about construction

Leading the creative development of a fantasy RPG game and managing a team of artists
Yes, sounds fun

Improving border security by detecting smuggling and illegal immigration as the head of a customs office
No, I'm mostly in favor of more immigration and loosening border security, so this would go against my principles.
 

Galena

Silver and Lead
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Hiring new people, promoting occupational development and well-being in the work
This sounds like a good fit, though I'd need a source of guidance for a while at first when it came to hiring.

Deciding on the company's purchasing contracts, inventory and storage
Tolerable.

Directing the technical research development program in a space technology corporation
Like for a lot of these jobs, I like the projects, but don't want to manage them. I want to contribute a smaller and more straightforward piece to the puzzle. I like having one simple detail that I can polish until it shines.

Planning, coordinating and controlling the efficiency of building airplane parts
The stakes in this would be stressful, I imagine, but could be manageable if I was educated well in this.

Overseeing the marketing, production and personel as the head of a building company
Too many people to manage, and too many long-term considerations to bring home each day. Like I've said before, I want to be able to sleep when I get home.

Overseeing a team of construction engineers at the construction site of a large bridge
Not qualified in the slightest. I can't imagine the details of what it would entail.

Leading the creative development of a fantasy RPG game and managing a team of artists
Can I be on the team instead of manage it?

Improving border security by detecting smuggling and illegal immigration as the head of a customs office
I don't want to be involved in policing.
 

Luminous

༻✧✧༺
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Hiring new people, promoting occupational development and well-being in the work
Might possibly be enjoyable. I'd give it a shot.

Deciding on the company's purchasing contracts, inventory and storage
Sounds tedious and boring.

Directing the technical research development program in a space technology corporation
Too much management.

Planning, coordinating and controlling the efficiency of building airplane parts
Please no.

Overseeing the marketing, production and personel as the head of a building company
No.

Overseeing a team of construction engineers at the construction site of a large bridge
Nooooooooo.

Leading the creative development of a fantasy RPG game and managing a team of artists
Mmm. I'd rather DO the art.

Improving border security by detecting smuggling and illegal immigration as the head of a customs office
Awful.
 

Morpeko

Noble Wolf
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I don't want to be a manager of anything but myself, so I don't think I'd like anything...

8 hour day.

Hiring new people, promoting occupational development and well-being in the work

5/10, I could enjoy some parts of the process and I think that I could do a decent job of weeding people out to hire (might be too picky though).

Deciding on the company's purchasing contracts, inventory and storage

4/10, this seems okay.

Directing the technical research development program in a space technology corporation

0/10 I don't want to direct.

Planning, coordinating and controlling the efficiency of building airplane parts

0/10 sounds boring AF.

Overseeing the marketing, production and personel as the head of a building company

0/10, I don't want to oversee anything.

Overseeing a team of construction engineers at the construction site of a large bridge

0/10, I don't want to oversee anything.

Leading the creative development of a fantasy RPG game and managing a team of artists

7/10, this seems kind of fun, especially since I'm not great with art but like to be a part of it anyway.

Improving border security by detecting smuggling and illegal immigration as the head of a customs office

0/10 and even less than 0/10 if that were possible, this is just disgusting.
 

The Cat

Just a Cat who hangs out at the Crossroads
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8 hour day.

Hiring new people, promoting occupational development and well-being in the work
I'd be doing this probably 12 hours at least. Pretty charged up.

Deciding on the company's purchasing contracts, inventory and storage
Probably drained from paperwork

Directing the technical research development program in a space technology corporation
I'd be that odd one who was literally always working. I might even have a cot there

Planning, coordinating and controlling the efficiency of building airplane parts
Fuck no. Won't even take it.

Overseeing the marketing, production and personel as the head of a building company
Ready to relax

Overseeing a team of construction engineers at the construction site of a large bridge.
Tired from all the cat herding. Engineers. @_@ quite the handfuls.

Leading the creative development of a fantasy RPG game and managing a team of artists
I would always be working on this.

Improving border security by detecting smuggling and illegal immigration as the head of a customs office
Depends. On a lot of things.

I didn't have the time to research this one so well, so excuse me if there are gross errors of fact.
 

Ghost of the dead horse

filling some space
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Huh, I've re-read all the questions of all the series as well as all the answers by all the people and I can only say wow :shock: I'm not promising a 2020 edition but there would surely be a point and material to do one :D
 
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