Career strategy for entp
I have thought about hard of what i could do in my career to be happy. I had my share of brain cramps like most of you in the thread.
For example i like to study law(i like studying anything that will be purposeful in my immediate life) yet if i think about being a lawyer or law clerk, the fine details you have to deal with(liking to write fineprints and reading them carefully a million times) constantly would be too stressful for me to handle.
Then i thought about getting into project management which would give me more freedom to do my thing. I also have good interpersonal skills.
The problem with jobs like project managers or even being teachers is that in my opinion entps don't like to deal with setbacks or deal with people who won't do their jobs(its bound to happen at your work). I despise those co workers who are always late at meetings or handing a project in. I also taught english in korea and some of my students never did their homework and it just got too stressfull. (like many of you said this could one of many reasons we don't like to be in authority)
I'am still considering being a project manager the most right now but i'm still weighing my options after one major change in university already.
I do have something concrete to tell you though which is we might be the hardest mbti types to match a good career with. We just want everything like adventure, learn about everything, freedom, have confidence with such job we can do well but want security too. Marketing in the business i see coming the closest to these desires (maybe except the fact the security sucks). Entrepreuner fits too, but the risk of failure is a turn off
I have a couple of entp's friends who's jobs are actually playing poker and have supringly survived for the past 5 years. One elder entp who is a professor in sociology and he is happy with where he is (actually teaching people who want to do a good job in school), and lastly my neighbor who is a firefighter and loves it.
Some other cool jobs that could be good for entp's in theory are, a mediator, ombudsman(people who investigate public complaints), tour guide(enjoy watching people be amazed in a new city), market researcher, Inside sales (we like to journey to convince), sports athelete(if your good), broadcastor, journalist (lots of freedom if your talented), career counselor, consultant(though people don't realize it takes years of experience to usually become one), working as a dealer at a casino (exciting and not risking your own money), and i think most of entp's would enjoy being truck drivers because we get to discover new places and get paid.
goodluck!