davidintp
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This post is mainly for those INTPs who have figured out their professional life.
I need help figuring out the next step in my career. I'm an INTP who grew up in a world where being extroverted, detail-oriented, and able to make quick decisions was the only option. Wealthy neighborhood, schmoozing, networking, being part of certain groups etc. But I naturally gravitated towards computers, was attracted by hacking and keygen music, as well as by fixing and improving my PC. I sucked at sciences and at math though. Was better at languages. After high school I decided to go to college for filmmaking.
Chose directing, then producing (was interested in intellectual property right at some point). Moved to LA with my friends and did a million different gigs, from Production Assistant to assistant editor, to camera operator, back to production assistant, then started an editing business that failed because I was too introverted to talk to new clients even though my editing is pretty good.
I gave up my dream because I couldn't find any occupation within film that I really enjoyed and moved back to the east coast to be with my family and my girlfriend. Found no film or editing work and was more interested in getting married than my career. Was looking for a job that made more money than a filmmaking job (never ever made enough money to feel secure) and became a car salesman by necessity. While I'm still fascinated with the psychology of selling I never enjoyed the actual selling part.
So I got three IT certifications (A+, Net+, Sec+). However, I didn't get a job in IT because of my background in film. I did got a job as a software sales rep (huge income potential). I was very good at calling new clients and setting up meetings but now having been promoted to sales rep I have no success even though I work extremely hard. My manager says my problem is that I overthink everything. I find the sales process repetitive and nobody wants to buy from me. I don't connect with random people on the phone aren't asking me to fix their problems.
The good thing is that our leadership likes me, sees how hard I work, and wants to support me in any way. I'm wondering if I should talk to our CTO to see if I'm a better fit for the IT department. The problem is that I'll most likely start at zero again and this move may jeopardize my current position. And which area in IT should I pursue? Aren't there already too many people with IT degrees who are so much better than me?
Also, I'm getting married in 3 months and again, I shouldn't jeopardize our stability.
I have friends who are consultants who would help me if I ever wanted to give it a shot as a consultant. I just don't know (like always) where I should go and if I'm actually going to find a job that I'll keep for a while so I don't have to be stuck in entry level positions all my life (I'm already 29).
I would greatly appreciate any possible solutions.
P.S. I spend several days watching every youtube video on intps and read most career related posts in this forum before I took the step to write my own post.
I need help figuring out the next step in my career. I'm an INTP who grew up in a world where being extroverted, detail-oriented, and able to make quick decisions was the only option. Wealthy neighborhood, schmoozing, networking, being part of certain groups etc. But I naturally gravitated towards computers, was attracted by hacking and keygen music, as well as by fixing and improving my PC. I sucked at sciences and at math though. Was better at languages. After high school I decided to go to college for filmmaking.
Chose directing, then producing (was interested in intellectual property right at some point). Moved to LA with my friends and did a million different gigs, from Production Assistant to assistant editor, to camera operator, back to production assistant, then started an editing business that failed because I was too introverted to talk to new clients even though my editing is pretty good.
I gave up my dream because I couldn't find any occupation within film that I really enjoyed and moved back to the east coast to be with my family and my girlfriend. Found no film or editing work and was more interested in getting married than my career. Was looking for a job that made more money than a filmmaking job (never ever made enough money to feel secure) and became a car salesman by necessity. While I'm still fascinated with the psychology of selling I never enjoyed the actual selling part.
So I got three IT certifications (A+, Net+, Sec+). However, I didn't get a job in IT because of my background in film. I did got a job as a software sales rep (huge income potential). I was very good at calling new clients and setting up meetings but now having been promoted to sales rep I have no success even though I work extremely hard. My manager says my problem is that I overthink everything. I find the sales process repetitive and nobody wants to buy from me. I don't connect with random people on the phone aren't asking me to fix their problems.
The good thing is that our leadership likes me, sees how hard I work, and wants to support me in any way. I'm wondering if I should talk to our CTO to see if I'm a better fit for the IT department. The problem is that I'll most likely start at zero again and this move may jeopardize my current position. And which area in IT should I pursue? Aren't there already too many people with IT degrees who are so much better than me?
Also, I'm getting married in 3 months and again, I shouldn't jeopardize our stability.
I have friends who are consultants who would help me if I ever wanted to give it a shot as a consultant. I just don't know (like always) where I should go and if I'm actually going to find a job that I'll keep for a while so I don't have to be stuck in entry level positions all my life (I'm already 29).
I would greatly appreciate any possible solutions.
P.S. I spend several days watching every youtube video on intps and read most career related posts in this forum before I took the step to write my own post.