JDQ Radar showing the typical personality type demands made in a design career.
Key: darker areas indicate high demand, lighter ones less demand. That is, if your personality type is a darker area, then this career matches your personality.
Below you will find comments by people in this career. They were asked to rate their job (out of 6) and what they liked or did not like about their job. Their comments are sorted by the rating they assigned. The actual job title they gave is in brackets with, if provided, the personality type they declared.
Rating 6/6
i like working on new concepts, great ideas & bigger project (ART Director - ESFJ)
I dont like working by myself. I also don’t like being home alone on a regular basis when I don’t have a job. I love the staging part of my job but I don’t like the marketing side of it AT ALL. (home staging - helping home sellers prepare their homes for sale by rearranging furniture and or bringing in furniture and accessories to a vacant house. - ESFJ)
Solving design problems and creating new ideas. Building prototypes and seeing my work take form. (product developer - INTJ)
I enjoy most the creative possibility (Architect)
Freedom (Merchandiser)
Rating 5/6
I like the creative freedom, working with art and illustrators, conceptualizing, and seeing ideas become a reality in print. Managing difficult personalities and immature/younger employees who too often stick to the rule at the expense of the greater good—those who don’t see the big picture. (Creative Director - ENTP)
I enjoy most aspects of my job especially forming new ideas and concepts. I don’t like anything that involves repetition. (graphic designer - INFJ)
I like working behind the scenes and creating innovative work in a casual environment. I dislike having to defend or justify my actions to management. (Graphic Designer - ISFJ)
the office is disorganized and refuses to change because “this is the way they’ve always done it”. they don’t seem to learn from their mistakes. It’s a free-for-all, instead of standardizing the way things are done. (Intern Architect - ISTP)
(graphic design) likes: creativity/artistic expression, concept development, visualizing (clarifying) information, use of technology, delegating general office tasks & outside sales responsibilities to others, contributing ideas & printed communication (with the hopes of improving society’s collective conscience). dislikes: preconceived ideas/status quo, disorganized project management, when “business” aspects stifle creativity, clients who interfere too much, (Art Director)
im torn between doing other peoples work (art director)
creative - good sedentary - bad (CAD Engineer)
Like: I can manage my own work & time. Dislike: Projects not always come so its bother my finances (Freelance Architect)
i like that i get to travel alot. (interior designer)
when any one do not care of my work and say i am not professional towards my worklife (Web designing, content writing and team leader)
Rating 4/6
I like the design work but dislike the constant interruptions and outside ‘noise’. (Graphic Designer - ESFJ)
like: creativity dislike: full control or vision on project (graphic designer - INFJ)
flexible solitary interesting (graphic design - INFP)
Project management, deadlines, too much attention to detail (Interaction designer - INFP)
LIKE: Making tasks easier for users. Seeing my designs implemented. (Interaction Designer, Telecoms Company - INFP)
unable to experiment changes critical towards change not willing to accept change ignore areas that could be improved do not believe in value, teamwork, compassion ( - INFP)
Math (graphics animation - INTP)
im not meant for it (architect)
individualist (Architect)
The pay isn’t great, and it isn’t satisfying. (desktop publisher)
like creativity, dislike working in large company (graphic designer)
free thinking, change, betterment of the world, bringing people joy from something they didn’t know how to complete themselves (Interior Design)
Long Working Hours (Web Developer)
Rating 3/6
not being noticed or appreciated (graphic designer - ENTP)
Like- variety, personal interaction vis a vis individual tasks, opportunity for visual dexterity Dislike- Abrasive boss, tension, heavy work loads, lack of personal meaning (Graphic Designer - INFP)
I would like to work at home and individually. I do not like working in a team or going to company (Create elearning material online)
dislike dealing with clients and that projects are wanted instantly with unrealistic deadlines like creating a well thought out design and being left alone to create (graphic designer)
i like the money i dont like to be alone (mechanical desiner)
Rating 2/6
Like-Creativity Dislike-Lack of people interaction (Children’s Book Designer - ENFP)
Disorganization of the company (Landscape Architect - ESTJ)
unenthusiastic team members (design associate - INTJ)
Everything. I am not creative, just good with computers, I dislike being smarter than my boss and my boss using me to generate ideas. I don’t like being looked down on. I don’t like the lack of discipline in the field, that things are done inconsistently. (web designer - INTP)
The politics. (architect)
out of touch management lack of enthusiasm from colleagues (design associate)
the cold calls and sales part (Design Exec)
Likes producing aestheticaly pleasing work. Dislikes tight schedule, high expectations for work in high limitatiions. (Game artist)
Do not like working on comission, would prefer more hands on, less technical and less social interaction. (Interior Design)
can be intensely interesting and challenging - to the point where time simply evaporates. Conversely, it can be the most tiresome role - tedium and repetitiveness make up a large portion of the day-to-day role. (Senior Software Engineer/Consultant)
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