Comments on: Listening For A Calling http://www.pootergeek.com/2006/01/listening-for-a-calling/ contains extended scenes of moderate fantasy menace Thu, 19 Aug 2010 15:27:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Jimyojimbo http://www.pootergeek.com/2006/01/listening-for-a-calling/comment-page-1/#comment-59678 Jimyojimbo Wed, 25 Jan 2006 19:58:50 +0000 http://www.pootergeek.com/?p=1979#comment-59678 Ha, that strikes a chord. At school I decided I wanted to be a doctor, a decision made at least partly under the influence of family and teachers. Went to med school straight after A-Levels. A month and a half away fro the influence of others allowed me to make the decision to walk out. And it's still the best decision I ever made (despite the regular questions it all still produces from grandparents). The whole thing was certainly due - <i>in part</i> - to well meaning parental pressure; thankfully they quickly came around to agree with me that it was a good decision. Ha, that strikes a chord. At school I decided I wanted to be a doctor, a decision made at least partly under the influence of family and teachers. Went to med school straight after A-Levels. A month and a half away fro the influence of others allowed me to make the decision to walk out. And it’s still the best decision I ever made (despite the regular questions it all still produces from grandparents).

The whole thing was certainly due - in part - to well meaning parental pressure; thankfully they quickly came around to agree with me that it was a good decision.

]]> By: Jackie Danicki » The life you want, the life you don’t want http://www.pootergeek.com/2006/01/listening-for-a-calling/comment-page-1/#comment-59673 Jackie Danicki » The life you want, the life you don’t want Wed, 25 Jan 2006 17:10:12 +0000 http://www.pootergeek.com/?p=1979#comment-59673 [...] Stolen shamelessly from Damian, this Paul Graham quotation reminds me of what some people used to tell me when I was leaving high school, starting university, and totally unsure about what I wanted to do when I grew up: A friend of mine who is a quite successful doctor complains constantly about her job. When people applying to medical school ask her for advice, she wants to shake them and yell "Don't do it!" (But she never does.) How did she get into this fix? In high school she already wanted to be a doctor. And she is so ambitious and determined that she overcame every obstacle along the way—including, unfortunately, not liking it. [...] […] Stolen shamelessly from Damian, this Paul Graham quotation reminds me of what some people used to tell me when I was leaving high school, starting university, and totally unsure about what I wanted to do when I grew up: A friend of mine who is a quite successful doctor complains constantly about her job. When people applying to medical school ask her for advice, she wants to shake them and yell “Don’t do it!” (But she never does.) How did she get into this fix? In high school she already wanted to be a doctor. And she is so ambitious and determined that she overcame every obstacle along the way—including, unfortunately, not liking it. […]

]]> By: James Hamilton http://www.pootergeek.com/2006/01/listening-for-a-calling/comment-page-1/#comment-59664 James Hamilton Wed, 25 Jan 2006 11:09:17 +0000 http://www.pootergeek.com/?p=1979#comment-59664 Very, very good article. I've ploughed through just about everything on the subject for work purposes (ha!) and he's managed to come up with something new somehow. My own Morrisby tests used to point me towards teaching, then, later, towards advertising. In the first instance, I suspect I was being pointed towards all I knew; in the second, the tests failed to recognise my possession of a conscience. Very, very good article. I’ve ploughed through just about everything on the subject for work purposes (ha!) and he’s managed to come up with something new somehow.
My own Morrisby tests used to point me towards teaching, then, later, towards advertising. In the first instance, I suspect I was being pointed towards all I knew; in the second, the tests failed to recognise my possession of a conscience.

]]> By: Tim Newman http://www.pootergeek.com/2006/01/listening-for-a-calling/comment-page-1/#comment-59657 Tim Newman Wed, 25 Jan 2006 09:14:06 +0000 http://www.pootergeek.com/?p=1979#comment-59657 Every single "Morrisby" test or equivalent I took in school (a total of about 5) came out with: 1. Engineer - Mechanical 2. Engineer - Electrical 3. Engineer - Aeronautical 4. Engineer - Civil 5. Engineer - Other I chose to do Maths, Physics, Chemistry A-levels having spent half a minute weighing up the options, and applied to study Mechanical Engineering in all 6 universities I applied to. Several years ago I really started to appreciate how lucky I am to have always known exactly what I wanted to do for a career. So many are not so lucky. Every single “Morrisby” test or equivalent I took in school (a total of about 5) came out with:

1. Engineer - Mechanical
2. Engineer - Electrical
3. Engineer - Aeronautical
4. Engineer - Civil
5. Engineer - Other

I chose to do Maths, Physics, Chemistry A-levels having spent half a minute weighing up the options, and applied to study Mechanical Engineering in all 6 universities I applied to.

Several years ago I really started to appreciate how lucky I am to have always known exactly what I wanted to do for a career. So many are not so lucky.

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