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Originally Posted by Unregistered
I don't know if you have ever done the myer-briggs test. You sound like you may be an INFJ too from the questions you are asking. I am an INFJ and I just tend to always see paths so far ahead (without intentionally wanting to). But after reading up on the internet I think that in this day and age, if you want stable progression and job stability then you pretty much got to stick to one field from the start because everyone is just looking for yrs and yrs of practical, specialised, experience (I mean, it wasn't too long ago that they started even having honours in HR, pretty surprising IMHO for something so generic) so you don't feel at any point like kicking yourself for having wasted precious time. Of course, the younger you are, the more you can afford to try jobs in other fields and if you don't like it then you can start again from the bottom but still be competitive (purely cos of your youth). |
Hi there I'm not TS but I'm an INFJ too and it's so difficult finding job satisfaction. As you said, we keep seeing far into the future and thinking a lot, maybe too much. Most Singaporeans are S rather than N types and find us wishy washy and unrealistic. I also feel like people like us are not suited for the corporate kind of lifestyle.
Personally I was actually strongly considering changing field into psychology by doing a conversion masters degree because of personal interest, but I didn't go through with it because of practical reasons ie. had to go overseas and it costs a bomb + competitive industry like you mentioned. But I still don't see myself staying on in my current job/industry for the long term so I'm always very troubled about my long term future, especially since as you mentioned, mid-career switches mean starting from rock bottom.
About 'do what you love'...I always believed in that but nowadays I'm not so sure. I don't think it's necessary to put all your sense of self identity and self worth into one's career. You can probably work at a job you don't hate or that's just 'acceptable', but pays well enough and gives you enough time to have a proper life outside of work. That's what I'm looking out for now, as my current job isn't fulfilling enough but has long, irregular hours that eat up my life outside of work.