Maybe give your initial guess based on what you know (I don’t tell how accurate), then ask questions and talk about how my answers confirm what you guessed or make you want to change?
Fair.
This is the best online career interest profiler that I’m aware of: O*NET Interest Profiler at My Next Move. There are 60 questions based on your preference for certain job tasks/activities, and the results compare your answers with those of other people who are happy in related fields.
We used that assessment (and the website it’s hosted on, which has descriptions for thousands of careers), when I was doing my vocational assessment rotation in graduate school. Hope it’s helpful.
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Might I add that I believe my mental health would be much improved if you would poast more ITT.
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This quiz is making me rethink not just where I am today but what I might like to be doing in five years if I cultivate a new skillset.
Looks like teaching is highly suggested for me. Makes sense. I’ve kinda always wanted to get into it
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Little or no preparation
Some preparation needed
Medium preparation needed
High preparation needed
Extensive preparation needed
They’ve got me at the last one. I would love to be an education teacher. I briefly considered going into the clergy at a very young age, but it is not right for me anymore as an atheist. At least that’s what I think they would say!
What might you teach for fun and eventually money on YouTube? Even if you had to first learn how to do that thing well enough to teach.
So, basically, all of the things that I am a best fit for require a certain level of education that I won’t attain and most of them are some form of teacher, mainly postsecondary. There was a time when that was my aspiration. So, this mainly makes me regret some of the mistakes I made in the past that closed off that avenue.
That’s kind of you to say! I’ll contribute when I can.
Another way to use that measure (and possibly the optimal one) is just to look at your top 2-3 interest zone scores and see if those are fulfilled by potential career interests. If I’m remembering correctly that measure usually spits out teacher for IAS (investigative, artistic, social) combinations - sometimes with some E/R/C thrown in. But you’re a poker pro, right? That involves scientific concepts, creativity, and social engagement. Seems like a solid fit even though I’m pretty sure “professional poker player” is not in the measure’s database.
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You probably know this, but just to make sure, there are more jobs listed if you scroll down.
Ty.
Just curious. I have the job I want until I die. But there may be room for more 
Basically I already have the job that fits me best.
Still not completely happy though
Absolutely brutal read. I lost it.
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The capital riot did indeed shake me up. Just feeling my feelings.
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Should have a trigger warning, in my opinion
Riverman did give a trigger warning.
It got me too.
We all try to be these perfect versions of ourselves based on what our society / social circles tell us we should be.
We try to be perfect.
But we know the truth. Why don’t other people see the truth too. That we are flawed, insecure, and terrified.
My GF’s dad made a comment months ago about a silly mistake I made and he said “I’m glad to know that you are not perfect”.
It really bothered me for some reason. Maybe more than it should of.
I don’t want him thinking I’m perfect. He has no idea all of the mistakes I’ve made.
I have to read stoic philosophy daily just to keep myself on track.
The way his parents talk about him make me think that led to his feeling of lack of self worth. He was playing the role he thought he had to play. Everyone thought he was perfect. But he knew he wasn’t and it drove him off the cliff.
I’m kind of rambling but I’m not going to reread and edit.
In fact this is one of the only places where I’m able to be myself.
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He also probably didn’t realize his family and friends would love the imperfect version of himself. It is probably true for all of us. Yet we are afraid of showing people who we really are.
We are afraid of losing love.
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Same. Idk, was kind of fucked up last night and reading that article put my mind in a very dark place that I haven’t been in a while.
One of the darker thoughts was thinking that no one would ever do a writeup like that on me if I died or killed myself. Honestly, I don’t really believe many would care. And tbch that is my own doing and how I decided to live my life, and the priorities I placed on certain things over others.
So, I got in a dark place and made that post that it should have a trigger warning because I dont think I would have read it if I knew it was about a guy that killed himself. This is a really dangerous part of the year for my seasonal depression and reading stuff like that tends to aggravate things.
It’s not riverman’s fault, it’s the right place to post that. It was just extremely jarring to me.
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