"School" - Day 2 and 3
So, Tuesday, Day 2, I got my Myers-Briggs Type Indicator results back.
I scored as an INTJ - "The Scientist". I think though that I am an INTP - "The Thinker". Both are "Rationals" (the NT) (see Kiersey Temperament Sort), both are "introverts" the I, the difference between the two is the J (J's prefer order) versus the P (P's prefer flexibility). The P refers to my artistic, creative, visual side, which is what distinguishes me from a scientist, though I still like order.
I also got my Strong Interests/Holland SDS results back. My code is I R A. I am Investigative (analytical as opposed to enterprising), Realistic (tool-oriented as opposed to social) and Artistic (flexiable as oppsoed to conventional).
I also got my COPS results. My areas of interest are: Arts-skilled, with Technology-skilled and Outdoors tied for a distant second.
I know that none of these are exactly surprises, and it sort of raises the question: why are Canadian taxpayers paying so that I can stare at my navel for a week figuring out who I am?
Well, good question. But it is ultimately leading towards job options that I'd not considered, options that match skills and temperaments I'd not considered applicable, such as Cartographic Technologist and Photogrammetric Technologist (in a nutshell, map makers and map interpreters, respectively).
I think though, I'm gonig to end up where I'd planned to be, which is an Illustrator. I plan to illustrate fiction books, non-fiction textbooks and other such stuff. I've been avoiding this career for half my life.
I should say, I've really been enjoying the last couple of days. True, it is quite ... indulgent to explore oneself and one's interests. But more than that, I've really been enjoying the social aspect of the class. It's possible i'm starved for interaction, having spent the last 8 months on my couch, but this group is a great group.
I had expected that I would be an exception, that most people in the group would be immigrants, manual labourers, welfare recipients or other people who might be due to one reason or another be marginalized from the work force. I assumed that a proefssional with decades of experience and ample resrouces for making a career transition would stick out like a sore thumb. I was wrong.
There are bank professionals, store managers, high school students and independent businessmen. And they quite eloquent. During lunch we engaged in a spontaneous discussion about values, world events and ewven global warming. I was pleasantly surprised at the level of knowledgability.
My bad.
Anyway, I'm really enjoying the whole process. I end the day stoked and fuil of ideas.
I scored as an INTJ - "The Scientist". I think though that I am an INTP - "The Thinker". Both are "Rationals" (the NT) (see Kiersey Temperament Sort), both are "introverts" the I, the difference between the two is the J (J's prefer order) versus the P (P's prefer flexibility). The P refers to my artistic, creative, visual side, which is what distinguishes me from a scientist, though I still like order.
I also got my Strong Interests/Holland SDS results back. My code is I R A. I am Investigative (analytical as opposed to enterprising), Realistic (tool-oriented as opposed to social) and Artistic (flexiable as oppsoed to conventional).
I also got my COPS results. My areas of interest are: Arts-skilled, with Technology-skilled and Outdoors tied for a distant second.
I know that none of these are exactly surprises, and it sort of raises the question: why are Canadian taxpayers paying so that I can stare at my navel for a week figuring out who I am?
Well, good question. But it is ultimately leading towards job options that I'd not considered, options that match skills and temperaments I'd not considered applicable, such as Cartographic Technologist and Photogrammetric Technologist (in a nutshell, map makers and map interpreters, respectively).
I think though, I'm gonig to end up where I'd planned to be, which is an Illustrator. I plan to illustrate fiction books, non-fiction textbooks and other such stuff. I've been avoiding this career for half my life.
I should say, I've really been enjoying the last couple of days. True, it is quite ... indulgent to explore oneself and one's interests. But more than that, I've really been enjoying the social aspect of the class. It's possible i'm starved for interaction, having spent the last 8 months on my couch, but this group is a great group.
I had expected that I would be an exception, that most people in the group would be immigrants, manual labourers, welfare recipients or other people who might be due to one reason or another be marginalized from the work force. I assumed that a proefssional with decades of experience and ample resrouces for making a career transition would stick out like a sore thumb. I was wrong.
There are bank professionals, store managers, high school students and independent businessmen. And they quite eloquent. During lunch we engaged in a spontaneous discussion about values, world events and ewven global warming. I was pleasantly surprised at the level of knowledgability.
My bad.
Anyway, I'm really enjoying the whole process. I end the day stoked and fuil of ideas.