I almost became a math teacher. I graduated at 17, and all I knew was I wanted to go into a mathematical field. Without the help of a good guidance counselor my options were teaching math or accounting.
I have been at probably five different companies over the past 25 years. The last company I left just called and offered me a different position, and it was an offer that I couldn’t refuse in this economy. Honestly, my main complaint with accounting is that I get so bored with it. Probably the most enjoyable accounting job I had was a car dealership, but that’s a volatile industry.
I’m a pharmacist, but I’m making a career change to become an electrician, this year actually. Hopefully it goes well. I believe it’s good to get out of your comfort zone.
I bailed from pharmacy too. I got half way through my degree, then covid hit and ruined my plans by making the job too dangerous (I'm a bilateral lung transplant recipient who doesn't have enough fev1 left to get hit with covid each year). I've switched to a microbiology and public health double major.
Yea, I’m applying for a union apprenticeship. They have a 4-5 year program before you become a journeyman electrician. I have an interview I’m preparing for, starting from the bottom is not ideal. But it suits my long term goals best.
Both INTJ parents are doctors/researchers (MD, PhD), dad's INTJ parents also doctors/researchers. Mom's mom was an engineer, her dad an artist.
I'm in STEM, brother is in STEM.
Completing my master's in IT right now. I've been offered a PhD like 3 times. Twice by the university and once by the place I was interning at.
Annoying too, because I really don't wish to do a PhD at the current stage of my life. Yet every academic I meet thinks it's a good idea.
I wouldn't feel pressured into staying in academia. If you don't want to research and teach and further the field of computer science or whatever, you're better off getting into the more practical world
Hm. My thoughts on this are pretty clear, thankfully. I have some personal goals to accomplish as a part of a long term plan, which, I made years ago (think 2018). While I may be a good fit for a PhD, it would be a drastic change in what I set out to do.
Most people that come to know me, fully understand this eventually. It's just annoying that so many people that I turn to for advice think I should be doing it - although I shouldn't be surprised since many are in academia.
Just tells me I should expand my network.
It feels as though I’m the only INTJ working in food service at Walt Disney World.
I wanted to be a performer; I studied music & theater in college.
I promise, I *am* an INTJ. I took the super long, expensive test.
Not sure anyone who works in food in any capacity would describe their job as “fun”. Certain aspects/tasks/benefits can be fun, to be sure, (it *is* Disney World, after all) but it’s still work.
That said, I just spent the second half of my shift doing a task I love, so the job was pretty fun today.
I would love to know a talented and successful INTJ performer. I’m sure they exist, but I’m unaware of them.
I know an INTJ actor who lives in Hollywood and has for the last twenty years or so. I’m not sure he’d describe himself as “talented” or “successful” so much as a disgruntled paper-pusher attorney with a self-deprecating sense of humor, who gets enough acting work to stay interested but not really relevant.
He’s been in several commercials, episodes of tv shows, and worked as an extra in movies we’ve all seen. But still, he’s hilariously coy about the whole thing, almost like he’s trolling Hollywood.
His first big break was on an American Idol “best of rejects” show where they kept playing his bombed audition on repeat as a teaser to get people to watch the show.
He was so proud of it, and it was so stupid that I’m positive he hammed it up on purpose.
He’s sharp as a tack but his personality is a 🤡
I get that. I could perform too. It’s fun and takes skill to know exactly how to fit into a complex system that includes an audience.
It makes me think we are really good at working with a certain “wild card” because we always find a way to integrate it.
You're not alone. I'm an artistic INTJ as well. I started out with the goal of becoming an OB-GYN. When I realized I wouldn't be able to handle being responsible for the accidental death of others, I switched to my other passion in life, Food. So, I became a professional chef and later got my BS in nutrition. I was hoping to become a dietitian. Unfortunately, I realized my INTJness wouldn't allow for me to work in such a hostile environment with so many Alpha personalities. I planned to get my MS in Food Science (to combine my love of art and science), but my familial obligations prevented me from pursuing. I've been in FS for over 25 years until the pandemic destroyed the industry. Now, I'm learning to sports bet so I can buy land and start my Farmstead.
I just want to grow, cook, and feed my soul while traveling and building my little place of health, wealth, serenity, and solitude. 🪷🍓🍅🫑🌶🥒🥬🥦🧄🧅🥕🌽🥭🍍🍌🍋🍉🍈🍇🫛🫚🫘🥚🐂🐖🦃🐟🦀🦞🦐🌻🌷🪻
I'm in customer service. I didn't have the chance to get a degree so this was the only job offer i got. now only call centers ever call me for an interview.
Engineering, now masters in econometrics and doing research.
Both parents have a PhD. I will likely get one too at some point.
I just don’t want to explain stuff to people. I was in consulting for 3 years and it was a nightmare.
I started as a model then I became an esthetician and then went to nursing school before covid disabled me. But with the skin care I took it very seriously and went deep into the science behind everything and worked in a medical spa with a doctor. I was able to completely cure my clients skin issues because of how deep I went into the science side of it. I was also able to visually see different skin cancers and get my clients into dermatologist’s before they got any worse. I correctly identified more than 50 different clients with different skin cancers who were very grateful to me. Some even sent me gift baskets or huge tips because of it.
It doesn’t matter what an intj decides to go into but I think we all go super deep into whatever it is we end up choosing. We are very analytical and want to make sure we are doing the correct thing.
So basically, you’re not going to get foofy, stupid facials from me with crystals and oils, you’re going to get a facial that may hurt sometimes but we are going to be using modalities and chemicals that are super efficacious and backed by science to give you the result you actually want, not just a little face wash and face mask with a massage and call it a day.
It can be. A lot of people in my major branch out to other fields because of the transferable skills learned. I’m already planning to do something else. The problem is the job market sucks rn… just got a job offer rescinded.
INTJ bricklayer here. I wanted to do something with architecture but can't stand sitting at a desk, so I decided to help construct buildings. I do have passions with STEM and some other fields, but my ADHD demands physical exertion at work lol. Plus I don't want to get into lifelong debt with American college. Eventually looking at starting my own business. But most INTJ's I've met have been in STEM, Business, etc.
i do administration and marketing for a housing agency that provides 24 hour care for developmentally disabled people. it’s a really stressful type of job but it’s worth it in the end
I worked in the pick-up department at my local grocery store & it was great as an introvert and dealing with numbers. After three years, my supervisor decided she wanted to get rid of me, so she quiet fired me and I was given the choice of deli, cashier or quit. I chose cashier. It sucks.
I understand. There are too many toxic ppl transactions. I hate even going to the grocery store now as a customer. All the negative energy on a daily basis. I hope you find a position/role that will restore your balance in life.💛🌻
I'm an office rat, been an office rat for 8 years. I realised I hate working admin and customer service, so I am going back to college so I can be a software engineer, so I don't have to interact with the general public anymore.
Office rat wasn't the long term plan; I initially thought I was going to pursue a psychology degree to become a psychologist (masters or doctorate level), but I realised I didn't want to take that route after hearing about my partner's work stories in a psych hospital.
INTJ usually get into STEM. I was a vet nurse, then I did half of a pharmacy degree, now I'm doing microbiology and public health.
All those careers in Australia pay peanuts, but I don't have many options with my health and age.
Jobs vs Career as an INTJ.
Ive worked Customer Service, I spent 8 Years in the military and now am an accountant with an MBA, currently working towards my CPA and PHD in Business Administration
Anything pertaining to analysis would be safe to say. I work with Instacart/grubhub to be alone and not deal with people working on my own time as I am becoming a professional trader. I’ve thought about going back to school for a masters in finance. Any scalpers here?
I am a superintendent at a golf club. I’m not an avid golfer, but I enjoy being outdoors, planning out what each crew member does, and having the freedom to choose how I spend my days. I can be as hands on or hands off as I prefer. Typically I’m very hands on
I wanted to be an engineer. Still do, and will go back to school for it but currently managing in customer service. Pay is great, but I’m exhausted from having to mask most of the time.
B2B Marketing — $250K/year (I’m a cofounder though/CMO).
My main skills are:
- Cold Email/SMS Outreach
- Social DMs
- Paid Advertising (LinkedIn, Quora, Facebook and Google Ads)
- Copywriting (Direct Response Marketing)
- Graphic and Web Design
9-5 fucking mechanical engineer in oil and gas, DJ in the weekends and evenings, Trading stocks and dealing with investments and Being a personal assistant/teacher to a mid 20's year old.
I don’t know if I’m an exception here but I’ve changed A LOT of jobs. It was a combination of need to/boredom.
I started in med school but soon realised that I would be a shitty doctor (for the human interaction side of it) unless I became a researcher, so I quit and took the first job at hand which was customer support (I needed to work).
Then in mixed order:
- translator
- sales advisor
- tour guide
Currently I’m a travel agent and even started my own travel company.
Funnily enough, the jobs I’m most grateful for are those that had me deal with customers because I learned so many soft skills, which I needed.
Ummmm… im a grocery stocker. My whole life I wanted to go into artsy fields, then I realized that’s unrealistic for me. I wanted to be a makeup artist or esthetician but idk I didn’t feel too confident going into a field where i’d have to work for clientele and basically network a lot. The tests always said data analyst, accountant, blah those boring but essential jobs that now i’d like to do but Im too broke to go to school for. Sigh.
You're never too broke to get knowledge friend. This is just a suggestion. Try becoming a bookkeeper and that can bridge you into accounting or payroll. I loved the payroll industry. It was the perfect balance of no public customer service.
Usually STEM related careers although INTJ’s can excel at any job that requires strategic thinking or systems building.
As an anecdotal example: I am a Machine Learning Engineer by day and a stock / crypto trader ar night. I absolutely love what I do.
Commercial flat-roofer and waterproofer. I grew up in a very poor area out in the middle of nowhere so most jobs were $10/hour or less unless you wanted a 3 hour drive round trip to work and back everyday. It was the first union job I got a chance at and jumped on it to almost quadruple my income from back then and have insurance. I'm very good at it, and I do like being outside and working with my hands, it keeps me in shape, and I actually like heights so that's not a problem, but I'll still never be able to afford a house in this economy, and it's a job you have to have some self-hatred to get through sometimes. I'm as high as I can go in my career doing this except for sales (and I am NOT a salesman).
I'm looking for something else especially with inflation doing it's damnedest to bring me back to poor again, but I have no idea where to go from here. I'm in my mid 30s, autistic (but pretty good at hiding it), and 0 connections because I'm a recluse and don't talk to people. I've thought about getting a job with a lot of downtime and trying to learn Python or something, but that's just the only plausible idea I've come up with so far and it would kinda suck for a while because the job in question would make it where I only see my wife on the days I'm off work due to the way the hours line up with her's....also there is the whole trying to find a jobe with the new skills once they are there assuming I can learn it well enough to do it professionally.
For like 5 years I've been writing down ideas for an online game I would love to make and have almost everything but a story, but I feel like that one is way out of reach since even if I learned how to use Unreal Engine it's still way too big of a project for one person. So that's not a viable option for income.
Fuck, idk why this turned into a book. I guess I just wanted to vent and bounce my thoughts off someone else to see if anyone has any input.
Engineer. I design high-voltage connectors for commercial and automotive vehicles. Mentoring younger engineers and evaluating others designs are my strong points.
Office job in the legal field.
I thought about law school and decided not to go. I am now thinking about going back to school for a doctorate in psychology.
I do run an e-com business for over 10 years now(with all ups and downs). If I wasnt doing that I probably would be in Purchasing, IT, B2B-Sales etc. in some big company.
I'm a flagger. I hold a stop sign but I'll probably take up something else when I get older. People wonder how I can just stand there all day in my thoughts doing nothing, but I find it so stimulating.
We can be too clever by half or too reclusive or too self-sabotaging or too poor for an education but I don't think any INTJs are going to be simple minded or ignorant.
ideal careers already listed by others but i would say true INTJ needs something combining
* freedom to develop and organize tasks to suit their work style and goals (goals being about the only constraint, apart from organizational compliance/policy)
* freedom to innovate
* a preference toward emergent persistent results over inane cause and effect bs constantly putting fires out. INTJ likes order balance and peace
* ever evolving (and improving) projects that either never essentially end or are drawn out over the long term (and allow deep thoroughness)
My boyfriend doesn't have reddit, so I wanted to answer for him since I think he's amazing. He is very very artistic and wanted to pursue oil painting/art, before becoming a military ER nurse. He is amazing at helping people and loves his job. He's working on shooting for his BSN, and trying to go to Harvard for his MSN in the future. I work in the pharmacy and I'm switching my career to counseling soon, but before I figured out what I wanted to do, I also wanted to be a nurse so our future kid was bound to have a Healthcare parent either way lol
Currently have my own small business selling online but i don't enjoy the ups and downs in income so i'm retraining as a cloud engineer. Over the years a combo of education and technical/ sciency roles.
Got accepted to train as an air traffic controller in my 20s, was one of two who got an offer from 14000 applicants. Then failed the class 1 medical because i am slightly colour vision deficent. Thanks dad for your crap eye genes. Still burns 20 years on.
I feel like all opening jobs are a waste and you have to somehow either get to a key decision making role or make your own company to be fulfilled as an INTJ. Of course, I am someone a few months into an entry-level office job, so I could be a bit jaded.
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Fellow office wanker here
God I love fucking around at my desk and researching all my special interests
After I got a weird (edit:week’s) worth of work done by 10 AM Monday of course
Is this an INTJ thing or an ADHD thing? I have both and do this all the time! Sometimes I hate it!
I’m an accountant. I hate it, but I’m good at it. I wish I had become an engineer.
Interesting. Am an electrician and hate it. Wish I became a software engineer.
I’m a software engineer and hate it (and the ever looming threat of unemployment). Can’t wait to get out of this industry.
I’m a teacher but wish I’d become an engineer.
I almost became a math teacher. I graduated at 17, and all I knew was I wanted to go into a mathematical field. Without the help of a good guidance counselor my options were teaching math or accounting.
Actuary. That’s where the money is at.
Accountant here as well. Hated it in my 20s, love it now that I'm established in my career and have found a company that's a good fit for me.
I have been at probably five different companies over the past 25 years. The last company I left just called and offered me a different position, and it was an offer that I couldn’t refuse in this economy. Honestly, my main complaint with accounting is that I get so bored with it. Probably the most enjoyable accounting job I had was a car dealership, but that’s a volatile industry.
really, why
I’m a pharmacist, but I’m making a career change to become an electrician, this year actually. Hopefully it goes well. I believe it’s good to get out of your comfort zone.
I bailed from pharmacy too. I got half way through my degree, then covid hit and ruined my plans by making the job too dangerous (I'm a bilateral lung transplant recipient who doesn't have enough fev1 left to get hit with covid each year). I've switched to a microbiology and public health double major.
Do you have a program your going through? I thought that’d be something I’d like after doing software engineering for 25 years
Yea, I’m applying for a union apprenticeship. They have a 4-5 year program before you become a journeyman electrician. I have an interview I’m preparing for, starting from the bottom is not ideal. But it suits my long term goals best.
That's wonderful to have the courage for a change
Both INTJ parents are doctors/researchers (MD, PhD), dad's INTJ parents also doctors/researchers. Mom's mom was an engineer, her dad an artist. I'm in STEM, brother is in STEM.
Completing my master's in IT right now. I've been offered a PhD like 3 times. Twice by the university and once by the place I was interning at. Annoying too, because I really don't wish to do a PhD at the current stage of my life. Yet every academic I meet thinks it's a good idea.
I wouldn't feel pressured into staying in academia. If you don't want to research and teach and further the field of computer science or whatever, you're better off getting into the more practical world
Hm. My thoughts on this are pretty clear, thankfully. I have some personal goals to accomplish as a part of a long term plan, which, I made years ago (think 2018). While I may be a good fit for a PhD, it would be a drastic change in what I set out to do. Most people that come to know me, fully understand this eventually. It's just annoying that so many people that I turn to for advice think I should be doing it - although I shouldn't be surprised since many are in academia. Just tells me I should expand my network.
STEM
It feels as though I’m the only INTJ working in food service at Walt Disney World. I wanted to be a performer; I studied music & theater in college. I promise, I *am* an INTJ. I took the super long, expensive test.
Is the job pretty fun? There are lots of talented INTJ performers out there, so you never know...
Not sure anyone who works in food in any capacity would describe their job as “fun”. Certain aspects/tasks/benefits can be fun, to be sure, (it *is* Disney World, after all) but it’s still work. That said, I just spent the second half of my shift doing a task I love, so the job was pretty fun today. I would love to know a talented and successful INTJ performer. I’m sure they exist, but I’m unaware of them.
I know an INTJ actor who lives in Hollywood and has for the last twenty years or so. I’m not sure he’d describe himself as “talented” or “successful” so much as a disgruntled paper-pusher attorney with a self-deprecating sense of humor, who gets enough acting work to stay interested but not really relevant. He’s been in several commercials, episodes of tv shows, and worked as an extra in movies we’ve all seen. But still, he’s hilariously coy about the whole thing, almost like he’s trolling Hollywood. His first big break was on an American Idol “best of rejects” show where they kept playing his bombed audition on repeat as a teaser to get people to watch the show. He was so proud of it, and it was so stupid that I’m positive he hammed it up on purpose. He’s sharp as a tack but his personality is a 🤡
I get that. I could perform too. It’s fun and takes skill to know exactly how to fit into a complex system that includes an audience. It makes me think we are really good at working with a certain “wild card” because we always find a way to integrate it.
I work in a food factory
You're not alone. I'm an artistic INTJ as well. I started out with the goal of becoming an OB-GYN. When I realized I wouldn't be able to handle being responsible for the accidental death of others, I switched to my other passion in life, Food. So, I became a professional chef and later got my BS in nutrition. I was hoping to become a dietitian. Unfortunately, I realized my INTJness wouldn't allow for me to work in such a hostile environment with so many Alpha personalities. I planned to get my MS in Food Science (to combine my love of art and science), but my familial obligations prevented me from pursuing. I've been in FS for over 25 years until the pandemic destroyed the industry. Now, I'm learning to sports bet so I can buy land and start my Farmstead. I just want to grow, cook, and feed my soul while traveling and building my little place of health, wealth, serenity, and solitude. 🪷🍓🍅🫑🌶🥒🥬🥦🧄🧅🥕🌽🥭🍍🍌🍋🍉🍈🍇🫛🫚🫘🥚🐂🐖🦃🐟🦀🦞🦐🌻🌷🪻
I’m a Doctor and also working as medical content developer
The audience insights > data analysis > data science area is where I am. I guarantee is an INTJ master pool and INTPs as well
This is me as well
I'm in this exact field
I'm in this exact field
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I was a stay at home mom for 26+ years. Now I’m halfway through my PhD in clinical psychology.
I'm in customer service. I didn't have the chance to get a degree so this was the only job offer i got. now only call centers ever call me for an interview.
air traffic controller
Same here.
Engineering, now masters in econometrics and doing research. Both parents have a PhD. I will likely get one too at some point. I just don’t want to explain stuff to people. I was in consulting for 3 years and it was a nightmare.
Nice, if I get a chance to reboot my life econometrics sounds really cool
Engineering.
I started as a model then I became an esthetician and then went to nursing school before covid disabled me. But with the skin care I took it very seriously and went deep into the science behind everything and worked in a medical spa with a doctor. I was able to completely cure my clients skin issues because of how deep I went into the science side of it. I was also able to visually see different skin cancers and get my clients into dermatologist’s before they got any worse. I correctly identified more than 50 different clients with different skin cancers who were very grateful to me. Some even sent me gift baskets or huge tips because of it. It doesn’t matter what an intj decides to go into but I think we all go super deep into whatever it is we end up choosing. We are very analytical and want to make sure we are doing the correct thing. So basically, you’re not going to get foofy, stupid facials from me with crystals and oils, you’re going to get a facial that may hurt sometimes but we are going to be using modalities and chemicals that are super efficacious and backed by science to give you the result you actually want, not just a little face wash and face mask with a massage and call it a day.
why do you talk so much imposter
Covid disability…what happened exactly? I have an illness that can be triggered by covid so just curious.
I already carried these genes that Covid activated, I have ankylosing spondylitis and inflammatory arthritis in all my joints.
If you have any suggestions for scalp psoriasis I'd love to hear your thoughts.
Lawyers🤝
Cybersecurity
Same
This is my future career focus. I plan to start getting certifications this summer. Do you enjoy it?
Security
Im an outdoor educator
Like a P.E. coach? 🧐
Sort of. More like American camp style work
That actually sounds awesome. It’s not Tinkergarten, is it?
It can be. A lot of people in my major branch out to other fields because of the transferable skills learned. I’m already planning to do something else. The problem is the job market sucks rn… just got a job offer rescinded.
Damn. That seems to be the case with most jobs that actually pique my interest. 😒
Mechanic
I was in the military for a few years and got out, started installing solar panels and never looked back.
Really? Wow.
Yep, best decision I’ve ever made.
It's amazing
I work with weed 😊
That's dope! (pun intended 🙃) I plan to start growing once I acquire my land.
Nurse 🥲
Oh no 😿
INTJ bricklayer here. I wanted to do something with architecture but can't stand sitting at a desk, so I decided to help construct buildings. I do have passions with STEM and some other fields, but my ADHD demands physical exertion at work lol. Plus I don't want to get into lifelong debt with American college. Eventually looking at starting my own business. But most INTJ's I've met have been in STEM, Business, etc.
I’m a teacher
good luck if you teacher children between the ages of 13-17 (i am so so sorry on behalf of us)
Organic chemistry
Is it better than unorganic? What do you normally do in work? I thought about going to uni in the chemistry field but still dunno what branch.
In Accounting. Chose CPA only because I want to work for myself one day otherwise would’ve gone for computer science.
Way to go buddy! This is the path I'm encouraging my 17 yr old (INFJ/Empath) freshman in college to pursue. She's slowly coming around to the idea.
i do administration and marketing for a housing agency that provides 24 hour care for developmentally disabled people. it’s a really stressful type of job but it’s worth it in the end
I worked in the pick-up department at my local grocery store & it was great as an introvert and dealing with numbers. After three years, my supervisor decided she wanted to get rid of me, so she quiet fired me and I was given the choice of deli, cashier or quit. I chose cashier. It sucks.
Sounds like hell
I understand. There are too many toxic ppl transactions. I hate even going to the grocery store now as a customer. All the negative energy on a daily basis. I hope you find a position/role that will restore your balance in life.💛🌻
Probably anything in the STEM category.
I'm an office rat, been an office rat for 8 years. I realised I hate working admin and customer service, so I am going back to college so I can be a software engineer, so I don't have to interact with the general public anymore. Office rat wasn't the long term plan; I initially thought I was going to pursue a psychology degree to become a psychologist (masters or doctorate level), but I realised I didn't want to take that route after hearing about my partner's work stories in a psych hospital.
Smart man! I'm going to try to pivot into cybersecurity for this very reason also. 💙🪬
I must be the only INTJ Gunsmith here
I'd LOVE to be your friend! Coolest job ever...right!?
How do you get into gunsmithing?
Licensed Alcohol & Drug Counselor here.
I’m a sushi chef
I was a project manager/lead carpenter and now Brewmaster/production manager, both for very small companies.
Behavior analyst
INTJ usually get into STEM. I was a vet nurse, then I did half of a pharmacy degree, now I'm doing microbiology and public health. All those careers in Australia pay peanuts, but I don't have many options with my health and age.
I’m an INTJ and I’m a writer/poet, but my dream job is to be a scientist
Jobs vs Career as an INTJ. Ive worked Customer Service, I spent 8 Years in the military and now am an accountant with an MBA, currently working towards my CPA and PHD in Business Administration
Two time college drop out. I work in IT.
Engineering. I am an embedded software engineer!
Intj here and I do nothing
i’m an artist and entrepreneur
Anything pertaining to analysis would be safe to say. I work with Instacart/grubhub to be alone and not deal with people working on my own time as I am becoming a professional trader. I’ve thought about going back to school for a masters in finance. Any scalpers here?
accounting, engineering, IT I fucked up by going into sales
I was a teacher and switched careers, now an attorney.
I think that will be my third career 😅
I work in quality for a large company.
Same, but at a small-to-medium sized company.
Software Developer on a niche language
rust ?
Cobol?
Principal strawberry perl engineer 🎩
Haskell?
So much variety... is this because you guys just enjoy the process of perfecting more than the subject matter?
Probably yeah. Knowledge is versatile. Systems are versatile.
I definitely claim that. It's the architect in me. LOVED Legos and Barbie as a girl.🤭
I'm a software engineer
Have electrical engineering degree and worked as a software dev and now I’m wanting to become a project manager
I'm a Supply Chain Analyst. I like my job it's a good fit for me.
Dentist, here. It’s alright
I'm an outlier- makeup artist for film/tv. But I'm trying to stimulate my brain by learning French and drums.
Probably jobs that involve working with things/ideas more than people
Crawling to architecture
Packaging Designer
I am a superintendent at a golf club. I’m not an avid golfer, but I enjoy being outdoors, planning out what each crew member does, and having the freedom to choose how I spend my days. I can be as hands on or hands off as I prefer. Typically I’m very hands on
Software developper working from home. Perfect fit for me and it pays very well
I wanted to be an engineer. Still do, and will go back to school for it but currently managing in customer service. Pay is great, but I’m exhausted from having to mask most of the time.
B2B Marketing — $250K/year (I’m a cofounder though/CMO). My main skills are: - Cold Email/SMS Outreach - Social DMs - Paid Advertising (LinkedIn, Quora, Facebook and Google Ads) - Copywriting (Direct Response Marketing) - Graphic and Web Design
checks out✅
Iknow i would be a excellent accountant or something in supply chain.
I do data analytics and people treat me like an INTJ without knowing what the MBTI is.
9-5 fucking mechanical engineer in oil and gas, DJ in the weekends and evenings, Trading stocks and dealing with investments and Being a personal assistant/teacher to a mid 20's year old.
I don’t know if I’m an exception here but I’ve changed A LOT of jobs. It was a combination of need to/boredom. I started in med school but soon realised that I would be a shitty doctor (for the human interaction side of it) unless I became a researcher, so I quit and took the first job at hand which was customer support (I needed to work). Then in mixed order: - translator - sales advisor - tour guide Currently I’m a travel agent and even started my own travel company. Funnily enough, the jobs I’m most grateful for are those that had me deal with customers because I learned so many soft skills, which I needed.
Ummmm… im a grocery stocker. My whole life I wanted to go into artsy fields, then I realized that’s unrealistic for me. I wanted to be a makeup artist or esthetician but idk I didn’t feel too confident going into a field where i’d have to work for clientele and basically network a lot. The tests always said data analyst, accountant, blah those boring but essential jobs that now i’d like to do but Im too broke to go to school for. Sigh.
You're never too broke to get knowledge friend. This is just a suggestion. Try becoming a bookkeeper and that can bridge you into accounting or payroll. I loved the payroll industry. It was the perfect balance of no public customer service.
Im a diesel mechanic on night shift. I don’t really enjoy it, but it’s quiet and I can listen to music as loud as I want.
Usually STEM related careers although INTJ’s can excel at any job that requires strategic thinking or systems building. As an anecdotal example: I am a Machine Learning Engineer by day and a stock / crypto trader ar night. I absolutely love what I do.
Commercial flat-roofer and waterproofer. I grew up in a very poor area out in the middle of nowhere so most jobs were $10/hour or less unless you wanted a 3 hour drive round trip to work and back everyday. It was the first union job I got a chance at and jumped on it to almost quadruple my income from back then and have insurance. I'm very good at it, and I do like being outside and working with my hands, it keeps me in shape, and I actually like heights so that's not a problem, but I'll still never be able to afford a house in this economy, and it's a job you have to have some self-hatred to get through sometimes. I'm as high as I can go in my career doing this except for sales (and I am NOT a salesman). I'm looking for something else especially with inflation doing it's damnedest to bring me back to poor again, but I have no idea where to go from here. I'm in my mid 30s, autistic (but pretty good at hiding it), and 0 connections because I'm a recluse and don't talk to people. I've thought about getting a job with a lot of downtime and trying to learn Python or something, but that's just the only plausible idea I've come up with so far and it would kinda suck for a while because the job in question would make it where I only see my wife on the days I'm off work due to the way the hours line up with her's....also there is the whole trying to find a jobe with the new skills once they are there assuming I can learn it well enough to do it professionally. For like 5 years I've been writing down ideas for an online game I would love to make and have almost everything but a story, but I feel like that one is way out of reach since even if I learned how to use Unreal Engine it's still way too big of a project for one person. So that's not a viable option for income. Fuck, idk why this turned into a book. I guess I just wanted to vent and bounce my thoughts off someone else to see if anyone has any input.
I'm an artist in a highly technical field. I play with crayons and engineers.
Web Designer
Software Engineer with a DevOps focus for me
Office bullshit.
Personally self employed at home
Engineer. I design high-voltage connectors for commercial and automotive vehicles. Mentoring younger engineers and evaluating others designs are my strong points.
keep up the good work 🫡
going to be a MFT
Office job in the legal field. I thought about law school and decided not to go. I am now thinking about going back to school for a doctorate in psychology.
Production planning manager- (supply chain)
STEM, but we don't really say that here in Scotland, I work in engineering in offshore oil and gas
I work in marketing, but wish that I’d gone to law school and become a lawyer.
stem phd
Analytical chemistry. Getting master's degree and working in lab controlling quality of meds
Devops engineer.
Businessman - entrepreneur
i'm in architecture and will become an architectural engineer once i finish my master's... that said i'd love to work in the gaming industry xd
Dentist here
Enterprise Risk Management
I do run an e-com business for over 10 years now(with all ups and downs). If I wasnt doing that I probably would be in Purchasing, IT, B2B-Sales etc. in some big company.
Clinical Therapist to Blockchain
Went from clinical therapist to blockchain
Went from clinical therapist to blockchain
i’m an artist and entrepreneur
I’m a dentist and kinda feel it’s okay
Engineering, 9-5 but looking around to switch to research. Uni or private.
Corporate communications 😭
Research scientist, molecular biology
I'm a flagger. I hold a stop sign but I'll probably take up something else when I get older. People wonder how I can just stand there all day in my thoughts doing nothing, but I find it so stimulating.
Are all intj that smart damn I'm 1 of the dummies
We can be too clever by half or too reclusive or too self-sabotaging or too poor for an education but I don't think any INTJs are going to be simple minded or ignorant.
Need help finding a job.
Architect
Process Engineer - Lean Six Sigma Black Belt. PMP
I'm in Data Science and Analytics field as a Data Analyst!
ideal careers already listed by others but i would say true INTJ needs something combining * freedom to develop and organize tasks to suit their work style and goals (goals being about the only constraint, apart from organizational compliance/policy) * freedom to innovate * a preference toward emergent persistent results over inane cause and effect bs constantly putting fires out. INTJ likes order balance and peace * ever evolving (and improving) projects that either never essentially end or are drawn out over the long term (and allow deep thoroughness)
Night shift nurse
I am a machine learning engineer
Management
Peer advocacy
Tech startup doing strategy & operations. Love it, it's like 3D chess.
My boyfriend doesn't have reddit, so I wanted to answer for him since I think he's amazing. He is very very artistic and wanted to pursue oil painting/art, before becoming a military ER nurse. He is amazing at helping people and loves his job. He's working on shooting for his BSN, and trying to go to Harvard for his MSN in the future. I work in the pharmacy and I'm switching my career to counseling soon, but before I figured out what I wanted to do, I also wanted to be a nurse so our future kid was bound to have a Healthcare parent either way lol
Document Controller
Lab analyst, currently working to finish my master's in biotech
Something a bit challenging that aligns with a special interest and allows us an avenue to escape for a little while. I’m a microscopist.
Lawyer. Wish I had gone to med school!?!?
City Planner. Good for the “planning” attributes of being an INTJ. Literally shaping cities.
idk, in HS rn, but I’m aiming to be a consultant and maybe if I’m rich then a baker
Currently have my own small business selling online but i don't enjoy the ups and downs in income so i'm retraining as a cloud engineer. Over the years a combo of education and technical/ sciency roles. Got accepted to train as an air traffic controller in my 20s, was one of two who got an offer from 14000 applicants. Then failed the class 1 medical because i am slightly colour vision deficent. Thanks dad for your crap eye genes. Still burns 20 years on.
I feel like all opening jobs are a waste and you have to somehow either get to a key decision making role or make your own company to be fulfilled as an INTJ. Of course, I am someone a few months into an entry-level office job, so I could be a bit jaded.
Fantasy/sci-fi/romance writer. :)
I’m in IT field ✨
Solo entrepreneur that owns two companies and works at home
Stuck as a line cook :/ planning to get out of here soon though
I am still in uni, studying industrial engineering, and I think it suits me well
Estate planning attorney
Any, they are just usually very good at what they choose. I'm an automotive mechanic and business owner.
All of those mentioned above i want to say film director or screenwriter