[INTP] INTPs: what do you do for a living?

[G-Virus]

Just like the title states, what do you do for a living?

Do you enjoy it, or do you wish you did something else?

If you could have/do any particular position/job by flicking a switch, what would it be?

 

[Jack Flak]

Just like the title states, what do you do for a living?

Hehe.

Do you enjoy it, or do you wish you did something else?

Yeah, the second one.

If you could have/do any particular position/job by flicking a switch, what would it be?

Movie producer. Not director, I'll fire the damned director if he doesn't make my movie right.

 

[JonJT]

Engineering student. My internships have left me wanting a bit more but since I'm so young, I'm optimistic. We'll see what happens.

 

[mippus]

teach
it's okay
michelin-inspector

 

[zago]

I am a high school chemistry teacher. People tend to overreact and think that an introvert would have a lot of trouble being in a position that demands extroversion. Actually, it is probably much better than any other job I would have. I hate working by myself. Why? Cause I hate working in general. If I am gonna have to do something for 8 hours a day, it may as well be something where I don't have the opportunity to watch the clock and get bored. Cause that's pure hell. In any job, I will not be focused unless I absolutely need to be focused.

That said, lack of boredom is not at all the only reason I enjoy being a teacher. Kids are fun, and I am fun around kids. And it is chemistry, something I can have even more fun with. Teaching also requires a great deal of creativity and spontaneity. It is challenging. Another plus? Lots of vacation and I get the whole summer off.

Why don't I like it? The thing that bugs me the most is bureaucracy. All the committees, organizations, paperwork, etc. etc. Another thing I hate about teaching is the totally rampant idealism that goes on in schools. Bleh! Come off it! Hearing people get preachy about things makes me sick. I teach at a low socio-economic status school, and they would be much better off if they weren't treated as such. Cutting them slack because of their background probably hurts them more by teaching them that they can have standards lowered for them because of their "condition."

The other thing I hate about teaching is when my students do poorly and don't do anything about it. Like when I repeatedly ask for their questions and misunderstandings, and there is dead silence... and then on the test, people do horrible. I don't get that. I would have been silent myself in that situation, but I never had trouble teaching myself the material.

Oh well. The key to surviving any job is being able to come home and forget about it, and not wonder whether or not you're in the right place.

 

[Willfrey]

Pro Moto Billet / Fastway Performance; Turning the Ordinary Part into Art.

The main line of work I do is customer service and sales. Being an introvert I cringe every time the phone rings, and procrastinate on customer-things to do back-end work on the website or working on some other project (fliers, price guide, computer work)

To sum it up, it is nice but something of a stepping stone for me.

By flicking a switch to you mean you'd have all the talents necessary?
Hands down professional blues pianist/singer combo. Call me a nerd but I like the whole lonely bar player smoking a cigarette and sipping scotch between live songs.

 

[Totenkindly]

Just like the title states, what do you do for a living?

Software Engineer / Technical Writer / Technical Artist

Do you enjoy it, or do you wish you did something else?

It's not bad, but too much impersonal detail and not enough human connection for me now. I can't focus long much of the time anymore.

If you could have/do any particular position/job by flicking a switch, what would it be?

- writer
- musician
- therapist
- sociologist/psychologist
- graphic artist
- spiritual director
- Haight's job (no... wait... j/k)

 

[Magic Poriferan]

What do you do for a living?

Errmmm... I have no salary. I'm a student that sponges off of my brother and his girlfriend.

Do you enjoy it, or do you wish you did something else?

In this case of college, I really dislike most of the demands it puts on me, especially in terms of scheduling and travel (not fun when you have no car). I do learn some things in some of my classes, but I think I'd often learn more if I decided to study at home. Two of my professors really amount to the best thing about college right now. So overall, I'd rather do something else.

As for being a slacker. The upside is that I obviously have more free time than I would if emplyed, but the downside is that the stagnation does start to aggravate me. I don't like being useless.

If you could have/do any particular position/job by flicking a switch, what would it be?

Musician.
Professor.
Game Designer.
Political analyst(I get paid for rambling about the crap I always do).
Political adviser(from running a campagin to setting up policy).
I'd like to do something humanitarian, with a lot of travel opportunities...
Or, I'd like to do something that lets me experiment on people.

 

[Orangey]

What do you do for a living?

Grad student TA.

Do you enjoy it, or do you wish you did something else?

Well, this is like purgatory before I make it into the full-fledged academic hell. Really, though, I do like the field I'm in, so I can't complain too much.

If you could have/do any particular position/job by flicking a switch, what would it be?

Oh, I'd like to be a photographer for something like national geographic. You get to travel and take pictures of all the cool shit you see.

Let's see...

Concept artist
3D character modeler
Art director for films
Make musical scores for films
Film critic
Aeronautical engineer
Cinematographer

 

[Darjur]

Just like the title states, what do you do for a living?
Lab. Assistant.

Do you enjoy it, or do you wish you did something else?
I enjoy it, although I do aim to go higher on the ladder both on the research team and on the Academic prospect. Although I still need to finish my studies for that to happen.

If you could have/do any particular position/job by flicking a switch, what would it be?
Head of the research team and a professor with Hab. Doc. degree or the Minister of Science.

 

[ajblaise]

Just like the title states, what do you do for a living?

Web development.

Do you enjoy it, or do you wish you did something else?

It's a good life...

If you could have/do any particular position/job by flicking a switch, what would it be?

Film producer/director/screenwriter... making documentaries or comedic film. That or a music producer. And I'd like to be in a live electronic semi-improvisational funk/rock/psychedelic group, playing drums.

 

[G-Virus]

I am a high school chemistry teacher. People tend to overreact and think that an introvert would have a lot of trouble being in a position that demands extroversion. Actually, it is probably much better than any other job I would have. I hate working by myself. Why? Cause I hate working in general. If I am gonna have to do something for 8 hours a day, it may as well be something where I don't have the opportunity to watch the clock and get bored. Cause that's pure hell. In any job, I will not be focused unless I absolutely need to be focused.

That said, lack of boredom is not at all the only reason I enjoy being a teacher. Kids are fun, and I am fun around kids. And it is chemistry, something I can have even more fun with. Teaching also requires a great deal of creativity and spontaneity. It is challenging. Another plus? Lots of vacation and I get the whole summer off.

Why don't I like it? The thing that bugs me the most is bureaucracy. All the committees, organizations, paperwork, etc. etc. Another thing I hate about teaching is the totally rampant idealism that goes on in schools. Bleh! Come off it! Hearing people get preachy about things makes me sick. I teach at a low socio-economic status school, and they would be much better off if they weren't treated as such. Cutting them slack because of their background probably hurts them more by teaching them that they can have standards lowered for them because of their "condition."

The other thing I hate about teaching is when my students do poorly and don't do anything about it. Like when I repeatedly ask for their questions and misunderstandings, and there is dead silence... and then on the test, people do horrible. I don't get that. I would have been silent myself in that situation, but I never had trouble teaching myself the material.

Oh well. The key to surviving any job is being able to come home and forget about it, and not wonder whether or not you're in the right place.

Man, for the longest time I wanted to be a chemistry teacher . . . No joke. Only Issue is I hate kids that don't try, so I don't know how well I would do in this field. You have one of the coolest jobs on earth, especially with all the time off.

 

[kelric]

Just like the title states, what do you do for a living?

I'm a project leader/application developer (ie, I do programming and database work while putting up with a lot of bureaucratic crap).

Do you enjoy it, or do you wish you did something else?

I enjoy the design and building of systems. I despise the forms/bureaucracy, endless back-and-forth with people who aren't willing to listen and/or are aggressively ignorant, and getting caught between management and the client.

If you could have/do any particular position/job by flicking a switch, what would it be?

Other than the unlikely things, like "uber-successful professional golfer", or "major league pitcher who retired at 30 with more money than he knows what to do with", I'd say:
Author (fiction)
Wilderness Guide / River Raft Guide, etc.
Author (nonfiction)
College Professor (teaching, NOT research)

Those are the only things I can see myself really enjoying even if it's "work". If I could cherry-pick things out of my current job, it'd be up there to, actually... but the negatives drive me absolutely crazy, so I can't include it.

 

[527468]

Get this... I'm a symphonic enthusiast/movie score composer!

Other jobs:
Graphics designer
Computer programmer
Pianist (I play a lot of instruments)
Artist
Self-Music Composer
Theorist/Effigy

 

[track99]

Just like the title states, what do you do for a living?

Well, I'm a pretty successful entrepreneur. This may not seem a compatible fit for an INTP, but I am very heavy on (N) which I rate at 100%. This may explain why I tend to be very spontaneous and am always scheming for bigger goals.

Do you enjoy it, or do you wish you did something else?

I love the challenges that it presents, because of the complex problems I am sometimes faced to solve not only in business but also in my own personal self. For years, I worked on developing my E and J to an extent where I can now hold my own against natural E's and J's.

One thing I did was force myself to go into sales just to get over my introversion. I studied every book on sales I could get my hands on and over time I eventually became one of the top sales people there, due to sheer pig-headed determination. (To the shock of my sales manager, who wanted me to leave the job at first because she didn't think I was cut for the job).

If you could have/do any particular position/job by flicking a switch, what would it be?

Probably be a musician, or a dancer. I played classical piano when I was younger for 2 years, and if I had to do it over again, I'd have stuck with it because I LOVE music.

 

[Kasper]

Hehe, a thread asking INTPs about work. Change the title to INTJ and you'll get a shitload more responses

 

[slowriot]

I guess you call it draftman in other places. Here in denmark its called technical designer, I draft technical installations for houses in 2d/3d in AutoCAD.

Im okay happy with it, just wish I was higher up in the hierachy when working for stupid engineers that you cant have no respect for.

I might take a higher education, probably in mechanical enginnering which really is where I want to be working ideally.

 

[Jack Flak]

I guess you call it draftman in other places. Here in denmark its called technical designer, I draft technical installations for houses in 2d/3d in AutoCAD.

Im okay happy with it, just wish I was higher up in the hierachy when working for stupid engineers that you cant have no respect for.

I might take a higher education, probably in mechanical enginnering which really is where I want to be working ideally.

draughtsman, lol.

 

[slowriot]

draughtsman, lol.

lol thanks

 

[Jack Flak]

lol thanks

I don't think you read me properly, I was just equating draftsman to draught, as in beer.