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<blockquote data-quote="vvvvvvv" data-source="post: 2437631" data-attributes="member: 5151"><p>Unfortunately they're only accurate for that moment in time when you take them, and even then any reasonably self-aware person can manipulate the outcome and skew the results to confirm their own thinking.</p><p></p><p>People's interests change, especially when they're young. That's one of the reasons that you have people who get three years into med school and then one day realize upon waking up that they no longer want to be a doctor. You have people that take these interest inventories and choose a vo-tech course based on them and later realize they don't enjoy what they've been educated to do.</p><p></p><p>The first two times I took one of those interest inventories, I got two very different results. One time the result was automotive service technician, the other was structural engineering. These were both within a few months.</p><p></p><p>Obviously, I now do neither of those. The first is a fine hobby for me, but I sure as hell wouldn't want to do that for work. The second is perhaps closer as it requires continuing education, but it also doesn't change fast enough for me. Plus you can't exactly be a structural engineer without a degree, and college moves too slow (which is why I quit after a semester).</p><p></p><p>I've also gotten lawyer and educator, but I don't have the patience with people for either of those. Lawyers have to deal with idiots (which is why I got out of tech support), and my thought on teaching is the student should keep up or go somewhere else.</p><p></p><p>They had us take those each year through junior high and high school to set our goals in terms of an "ideal" class schedule. Some people were consistent, some were all over the place. I can count on two hands how many people went the route recommended by their interest inventory, and on one hand how many are still there 10 years later.</p><p></p><p>My advice to anyone is to figure out what you love and do it. If you don't know what you love, find something to fill the time while you work on figuring yourself out, whether that's military, flipping burgers, a nomadic lifestyle, or going to college.</p><p></p><p>My favorite excuse I hear from people unhappy with their career is "well, it's the field I got my degree/certification in." Then there are the whiners who think they can't do more than minimum wage because they don't have a degree or certificate. </p><p></p><p>Sent from my SCH-I535 using Tapatalk</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="vvvvvvv, post: 2437631, member: 5151"] Unfortunately they're only accurate for that moment in time when you take them, and even then any reasonably self-aware person can manipulate the outcome and skew the results to confirm their own thinking. People's interests change, especially when they're young. That's one of the reasons that you have people who get three years into med school and then one day realize upon waking up that they no longer want to be a doctor. You have people that take these interest inventories and choose a vo-tech course based on them and later realize they don't enjoy what they've been educated to do. The first two times I took one of those interest inventories, I got two very different results. One time the result was automotive service technician, the other was structural engineering. These were both within a few months. Obviously, I now do neither of those. The first is a fine hobby for me, but I sure as hell wouldn't want to do that for work. The second is perhaps closer as it requires continuing education, but it also doesn't change fast enough for me. Plus you can't exactly be a structural engineer without a degree, and college moves too slow (which is why I quit after a semester). I've also gotten lawyer and educator, but I don't have the patience with people for either of those. Lawyers have to deal with idiots (which is why I got out of tech support), and my thought on teaching is the student should keep up or go somewhere else. They had us take those each year through junior high and high school to set our goals in terms of an "ideal" class schedule. Some people were consistent, some were all over the place. I can count on two hands how many people went the route recommended by their interest inventory, and on one hand how many are still there 10 years later. My advice to anyone is to figure out what you love and do it. If you don't know what you love, find something to fill the time while you work on figuring yourself out, whether that's military, flipping burgers, a nomadic lifestyle, or going to college. My favorite excuse I hear from people unhappy with their career is "well, it's the field I got my degree/certification in." Then there are the whiners who think they can't do more than minimum wage because they don't have a degree or certificate. Sent from my SCH-I535 using Tapatalk [/QUOTE]
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