JDQ Radar showing the typical personality type demands made in an engineering 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 everything, i learn more and more everyday. (Owner Represantative - ENFP)
herding the cats
(director of estimating - INTJ)
Rating 5/6
Investigation. Improving things. (Auditor - ENFP)
It allows me to be creative and make a significant contribution to the success of the business (manufacrturing engineer - ENTP)
having to plan before doing and communicating the plan effectively (engineering manager - ESFJ)
I am now starting out by doing mostly administration work and paper work. I could use more critical analysis. (Quality Assurance - ESFJ)
The ability to collaborate with others while maintaining a sense of individual accomplishment. (Mechanical Engineering Specialist - INTJ)
Doing new things. (R&D Program Manager - INTJ)
Using Knowledge to assist others. (Technical Resource Director - INTJ)
Learning new things daily, work with (mostly) people with similar values. (Senior systems design engineer (electronics) - ISFJ)
work under pressure (Electronic Engineer - ISTJ)
Adding value making a quatum difference (Implementation of new production systems - ISTJ)
Like creating and building new products. Dislike people who cannot engage in friendly discussions without letting emotions take over. (Design Engineer - ISTP)
Like the challenges Dislike the egoistic people (Applications Engineering)
I like the challenging technical work and interacting with my coworkers, but I dislike spending so much time at a desk in front of a computer. (Architecture validation engineer (computer engineering, computer architecture))
working with people. (design engineer)
New technology (Mfg. eng.)
Lots of time spent at the computer. (Project Manager)
Politics and blame game (Project Manager)
Travel (Software Engineer)
I really enjoy the changing nature of water resource engineering. Hydrology depends upon many different factors, and is constantly changing. Additionally, because water is such an important part of society, there is an inherent need to communicate and work with others (politics). All these things keep the job interesting and cutting edge. (Water Resource Engineer)
Rating 4/6
monotony of systems. amount of work (mechanical engineer - ENFJ)
change (product development - ENFP)
Indoor office based boringness (Telecoms engineer - ENFP)
I do not like personally managing mundane things. (engineering manager - ENTP)
Like variety of engineering and geological projects, travel Dislike repetitive projects, poor management and leadership, disorganisation, current lack of people interaction (Engineering Geologist - ESTJ)
Projects can be creative but ultimately this input is not necessary (3D Cad designer)
I like my job but dislike that there is a lack of structure. (Application Engineer)
the sun (construction)
Dislike the disorganisation of management, the manage by panic attitude. Like getting involved with people who are knowlegable (Cost Engineer)
bad management (engineer)
Like innovation, challenge Dislike stress, routine, value to society (Mechanical Engineer)
shift work (Power engineer)
Schedule job enviroment (Product Engineer)
I don’t like too much structure. (Project Engineer)
Being stuck in a cubicle (Project Manager)
Rating 3/6
Its too technology focused and doesn’t put enough importance on people. Its fast paced and constantly requires learning something brand new instead of building on what I’ve learned. I like that my job is very systematic but still encourages exploring new ideas as long as you document them. (Software Test Engineer - ENFJ)
I wish I could speak more often with people and work in teams… (Service Engineering - ESFP)
Like: organizing & expediting work. Learning new technologies. Dislike: Personality conflicts. (Telecom Engineer - INFJ)
Dislike pressure & responsibility. Like variety and interaction with people. (Project Manager - ISFJ)
I like the satisfaction of fixing technical faults. I like the satisfaction of fixing faults other engineers cannot fix. I dislike being on-call and called out in the middle of the night for minor faults. (Lead CCTV service Engineer - ISTJ)
want more involvement in company objectives (engineer - ISTP)
dislike - lack of individual analytical rigour; dealing with the public; adherence to rules/lack of innovation; politics. like - variation; interaction with others; opportunity to improve environment. (Highways Engineer - ISTP)
Not enough motivation and challenge (Assistant Engineer)
Likes: Cool and consistent Dislike: Don’t like the field I am in-Instrumentation/automation (Automation Engineer)
like the challenge of developing new technology. Dislike when the work becomes repetitive and tedious. Also dislike the lack of support. (Automotive develpment engineer)
I like working on new and fresh projects. I don’t like working at my computer for hours on end. (CAD Technician)
Not enough time to think. Too much people interaction. No time to plan. No time to write. (Consultant and Manager)
Not enough work to do. I sit around a lot. (Coop-Engineer)
Lack of Future Growth (Envronmental Consultant)
maths of it (geographic information scientist)
Dislike excessive computer work. Dislike boredom! Like occasional hands-on work. (Process Technician)
boss’ autocratic leadership style (reservoir engineer)
I often feel useless, and I often feel I would like less responsibility. (Systems Emgomeer)
Rating 2/6
I like creatively solving problems that arise and the satisfaction of completing a task. I dont like the repetitive and mundane nature of doing the same thing in an ongoing fashion. (carpenter/shipwright - ENFP)
Not doing anything meaningful. Bored a lot. Not challenged. Lonely much of the time. I like to talk to people or listen to people throughout the day. (Electrical Test Engineer - ENFP)
too much solitary work. too much time without work (self employed builder - ENFP)
dislike - Big organisational culture/drift/incompetance/lack of direction/mediocrity/lack of promotion prospects vs ambition like - autonomy - freedom to act - recognition/respect for hard work (Change Agent - ENTP)
Too much interaction/deal making/appeasing (R&D Engineering Manager - ENTP)
I wish I dealt with people more. I wish I impacted peoples lives more. I do not like how my job disregards relationships when decisions are made. (manufacturing engineer - ESFJ)
being in the same place everyday with the same people (cnc machinist - ESTP)
It’s way too tedious. But I’m really good at it! (QA Software Engineer - ESTP)
I dislike the lack of confidence on proved methodologies (Quality Engineer - ESTP)
I like the autonomy and independence. I dislike the endless meetings, deadlines, routine work and details that must go into a project. Also, the adherence to strict guidelines/regulations. (Project Engineer - INFJ)
Lack of investment in people and resources (Principal Systems Engineer - INTP)
I like implementing solutions. I don’t like figuring out solutions. (Civil Engineer - ISFJ)
No variety or challenge (Analyst - ISFP)
Sitting at a desk being bored all day long (Boring paperwork - ISTJ)
Dislike lack of teamwork and socialisation. Interaction with people as a whole (Aircraft engineer)
lazy workmates, too much engineering (Apprentice Engineer)
I don’t like working alone with no interaction. I don’t like having many different projects at once. I don’t like the detail (Consulting Engineer)
routine red tape bureaucracy boring (Government)
I like my own hours when in town but the work is very physical and the hours can be long when we travel. (Laborer)
unprofessional people (mech engineer)
I seem to have more of an interest in the outcome than the actual engineering. (mechanical engineer)
Lack of variety (Mechanical engineer)
Like optical design on computer, but dislike building things, don’t get along with other engineers. (optical engineering)
I hate computers and love them too (Principle Software Development Engineer)
Ineffective, non-existent leadership. (Product Engineer)
Repetitive, inefficient systems (Sr Project Engineer)
Repetitive, Boring, No interaction with others in person. (Support Engineer)
Rating 1/6
Being in an organise which makes decisions based on opinion and rumour rather than analysis of information. (Engineering Manager - ENFP)
I hate sitting down in one place and working at a computer! I enjoy the problem solving and the social aspect of the job. (Architecutral Technologist - ESFP)
I hate sitting in a cube in a lab staring at computer code all day with little social interaction with other. I don’t like being inside a closed building all day. (Computer Engineer - ESTP)
I dislike the need to be fast/efficient, organizing/planning/managing, finding technical/down to earth solutions, checking if the plans comply with the building regulations. I like designing small objects/parts of bigger buildings, working in a team and dealing with external advisors. (architectural draftsman - INFP)
I do not like sitting in front of the computer all day long. I do not like the level of detail that I have to know to design the projects. (Civil Draftsmen - ISFP)
Vast amount of information and technical aspects (Engineering Manager - ISTJ)
Too many details (Engineer)
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