Wow, it's like you're reading my mail! I'm an INTP who also never really grasped mathematics. I felt that this shut me out of the "traditional" INTP fields (software programming, engineering, research) and felt like I was hitting a career dead end as a result. Working on pulling myself out of this now, in fact.
At 34, I've realized that the marketing career path I'm currently on isn't the best alignment with my personality and I'm researching a career shift. (And trying not to get stuck in our INTP "analysis" mode.) While the research points to writer—something I've been engaged with throughout my career—I'd need to fall back into love with the written word for this to happen.
All told, I do enjoy being the one with all the answers and also seek out all kinds of information as a hobby. Thanks for letting me spill some thoughts. Cameron, hearing your and Spench's stories gives me hope that there are others out there like me and that pursuing the unconventional multi-career path is perfectly acceptable and healthy.
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Wow, it's like you're reading my mail! I'm an INTP who also never really grasped mathematics. I felt that this shut me out of the "traditional" INTP fields (software programming, engineering, research) and felt like I was hitting a career dead end as a result. Working on pulling myself out of this now, in fact.
At 34, I've realized that the marketing career path I'm currently on isn't the best alignment with my personality and I'm researching a career shift. (And trying not to get stuck in our INTP "analysis" mode.) While the research points to writer—something I've been engaged with throughout my career—I'd need to fall back into love with the written word for this to happen.
All told, I do enjoy being the one with all the answers and also seek out all kinds of information as a hobby. Thanks for letting me spill some thoughts. Cameron, hearing your and Spench's stories gives me hope that there are others out there like me and that pursuing the unconventional multi-career path is perfectly acceptable and healthy.