So I am in my Business Law class today and the Professor hands out this sheet of paper with a bunch of letters on it and different jobs underneath the letters. He tells us that the letters above the list of jobs are one of 16 general archetypes of the MBTI (Meyers Briggs Type Indicator). And that the jobs underneath each set of letters are fields that if you have that code would excel in.
So I look at my four letter code, INTP. As I am looking at the list of jobs that I should do well in, I realize that the field I had been heading towards this entire year is not in my list. The list is instead comprised of Law careers, a couple scientific fields and computers.
So now I am in a bit of a crisis because I am ridiculously close to having my Psychology degree finished and it appears that I should pick a career that does not mesh very well with the exception of Law School.
I hope you can see my frustration in that I have essentially wasted the last 2 years of my education in pursuing a degree that I in all likely hood am not going to every use in a professional setting.
Ryder
Because I got Bored
Or you could just do what you were originally going to do and say "fuck you" to the list
ReplyDeletePersonality tests are helpful and insightful, but they're also limited and can't predict everything about a person. According to that particular personality test, I should be a teacher or a counselor or a lawyer. All of those jobs are fine and all, but I know I'd like an art/English job a lot more. I guess what I'm trying to say is that you are much more complicated then a simple test can predict, so don't worry so much about the result and continue with what you are enjoying instead. :)
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