Tapping into the network

[resonant]

Or: Who wants to help the Res decide what she wants to be when/if she grows up? (Not cutting because I want maximum input, but I'll try to keep it brief.)

I've been doing the exercises in What Color Is Your Parachute, and have ended up with a list of transferable skills and a list of interests.

Skills:

Analyze
Solve problems/see patterns
Evaluate
Imagine/invent
Classify/organize
Plan

Interests:

Social sciences
Design of spaces
Communication studies
Folklore
Speculative fiction
Libraries

The next step is to ask everyone I know: Do these suggest any job titles to you? Do they suggest any job fields to you?

The best job I ever had was one that I didn't know such a thing existed until I found myself interviewing for it, so I'm very open to unexpected suggestions from you brainy and extremely diverse people. (Please feel free to share this post; I'm very interested in advice from everyone, whether I know them or not.)

Comments

[damned-colonial.livejournal.com]

This may sound weird but you said you wanted that stuff :) My roomie and a few other friends work for Second Life, and the above (plus your internet proficiency, which I'm assuming) sound like they would all go together really well in virtual worlds. In particular, all of "design of spaces, communication studies, folklore, speculative fiction" seem to map very well.

[damned-colonial.livejournal.com]

Oh, and the skills you list sound like "product manager" to me, from my software/tech company background.

[resonant8.livejournal.com]

Wow, both things I wouldn't have thought of, ever. Once I've done a little research, can I e-mail you with some questions about what you do?

(Are you in the US? If not, do you have a sense of how much of your experience would translate from one country to another?)

[damned-colonial.livejournal.com]

Sure, my email is skud@infotrope.net.

I'm currently in the US and have previously worked in the tech industry in Australia and Canada.