Well done, Grinity! It's what I was getting at about needing the career path to be practical for you. If you are someone who needs one-on-one contact, you shouldn't choose a job that requires you to work alone, nor should you choose one that puts you in front of huge groups. THIS is the kind of nuts-and-bolts self-knowledge that I think kids need to get before they choose a career.
So the key, I think, is KNOW THYSELF!
Thanks for the compliment Kriston.
The amount of human interaction is part of it. But so is the 'am I harming the earth or the creatures in it.' And so is the 'How long until I get positive feedback?' Years-months-hours-minutes?
My job is on a 20 minute feedback track - I just didn't think I had it in me to work away without strokes for years at a time.
I've closely observed people who get an absolute thrill in selling something to someone. A small victory that has nothing to do with if the thing they are selling has value, just the idea of winning. I don't blame a person for enjoying that if it's the only availible way to make a living, but I'm terribly grateful that I am able to make a good living without selling folks junk. Then there are the folks who really believe in their product, not so much because the product is good, but in order to feel good about themselves and important.
Well I hope I haven't offended 10,000 people just now - sorry. I do indeed realise how lucky I was to be able to pick, and also how lucky I was to have enough self-knowledge to pick well enough. For all that, I still don't feel like I get a chance to use my actual main strengths that often during the day, and think that if I had gotten academic challenge earlier, I would have been more likely to make the 'big' contribution I am supposed to be making. ((LOL!)) But there is time, I hope, for that. Perhaps that will grow out of my hobby - growing the Gifted Movement!
Smiles,
Grinty
