As someone who is gifted, how do you choose a profession? On one hand, I think most of you can relate to the sentiment that getting a fairly well-paying job as say a programmer is something that virtually anyone who is above a relatively low threshold for intelligence (1-2 SD) could attain with some effort in the current world.
So, given that it's probably not just financial constraints, what do you choose your profession based on? Do you purely decide to go based on your interests? What if that's impractical? I think even for most gifted people, making a living purely out of a passion is infeasible unless they're very fortunate about their choice of passion. So what is the equation that you use to find your profession?
Last edited by giftedamateur; 09/03/22 12:21 AM.
