(the reference of the OP: https://www.16personalities.com/infj-careers )
Do you INFJs agree? Disagree?
In some of the things I agree, but there is something that is not mentioned. And that is that by working 24/7 with people we will burn out and change careers if possible later on.
The key thing here is this:
"to be truly happy, they need to be able to exercise their insightfulness and independence, learn and grow alongside the people they are helping, and contribute to the well-being of humanity on a personal level."
I think we are suited to whatever offers this and allows us to do said things in our own way. It does not need to be our primary career though.
What do you do for a living and how does it fit with your personality?
Well right now I'm a student in the Visual Arts. I intend to work a few years, save up a little and get the connections I need to freelance from home and grow my own food.
When that is achieved, I intend to freelance from home, and in the summer tend to a fish pond with fish to sell
I'd then supplement my earnings through projects and hobbies that will generate me relatively passive income or earn me back a little of their costs on the side.
Now you might wonder, where the hell is his helping the people factor? It is there in my own way.
But I need to make sure I have some time for those things, and that's why the freelancing from home
I'd like to do the occasional personal projects that make people feel and think about things, and through that make a difference.
The dog I want I intend to train for Search and Rescue in case someone is lost so I can help the police find them.
The extra veggies and fruits I grow I intend to give to those in need of it.
I intend to make youtube channels on which I share my knowledge through making tutorials/video lessons, and share timelapses of my working on things.
And should I do fairly well for myself then I'd like to consider giving the occasional talk on schools about what I do and how to get started.
I think my plan fits in great with my personality. A lot of INFJ's a bit later in life start longing for the countryside for some peace and quiet, pursuing their own interests and as low stress as possible. Usually because helping people with their problems and issues day in and day out actually wears us down faster than most types because of our generally high levels of empathy. Helping others does us good, but at the same time, seeing people hurting or in need of our assistance in the first place takes a toll. My plan simply aim's for going for that refuge from the outset. It's a couple of years early compared to when most INFJ's go down that route, but in fact whilst I have gone onto this path even earlier, with hindsight and knowledge at the time on how to best go about it, I might have been at it more than 5 years ago already. But that's life, you don't know everything beforehand and when you find out that kinda sucks but you will take it to heart, learn to recognise crossroads in the future and most important of all, you try to pass this knowledge/insight along. ^^