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Enneagram Type 4 Board Archive Re: Descriptions of posters on main boardPosted by Hal on August 02, 1999 at 16:34:27: In Reply to: Descriptions of posters on main board posted by Ev on July 25, 1999 at 19:19:58: I don't remember if I put anything about my education/profession on the main board, so here goes... I was always a math and science person up through high school, but also very good in English, foreign language, and music (string bass, mostly classical.) I was excessively technically-oriented, always into computers and science and stuff, and avoiding people like the plague--is it any wonder I thought I was a 5 when I first found the Enneagram? I've since swung almost too far in the other direction, rejecting much of my technical side as being unimportant. B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Cornell University, followed by 3 miserable years in which I couln't find a job as a MechE. I was either looking, gave up in despair, or in an office or sales job that I couldn't stand. I finally decided I had to change something, so ran away from New York and got a M.S. in Computer Engineering from North Carolina State University. I've been working at IBM designing/verifying microprocessors since then, and am now looking for a way to escape. The work environment here is just not a good fit for me, I don't care very much about the work I do, and I've been hearing the calling to teach in some capacity, though I'm not quite sure where that will lead me. I do know that I'm dead set against going back to school--Ev, maybe you had the right idea with this all along! In any case, it's time for me to use some of that 4-ish creativity, and to focus more on relationships than on techie objects; hopefully I can find the right balance of both somewhere. - Hal -
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