Applied Insight

Please contact us for references to other PinPoint customers in your area. As a college student, I was ill-equipped to choose what kind of work I wanted to pursue when I graduated. My favorite subjects were math, computer science, and psychology, but there came a point where I was forced to choose a career path that focused on either people or mach... ines. Without knowing much about myself or career options, the decision was made almost as though by the flip of a coin. I graduated with a degree in math and computer science and was employed as a software engineer. Yet my greatest interest was, and still is, in people and psychology. While I enjoyed and excelled at designing and developing software, after working in the field for 10 years I felt that something was missing. This, and my interest in psychology, lead me to embark on a long journey into self and career exploration. Who I am and what was missing started to come into focus, beginning with the discovery that my Myers-Briggs type is ENFP -- not a common type for a software engineer. The self-exploration process involved reading a multitude of career guidance books, attending career exploration classes, and taking many personality tests, each revealing isolated pieces to the puzzle. I was frustrated that there was no way to tie together everything I was learning about myself to see which careers I was most suited to based on all these newly discovered aspects of my personality. And I was disappointed when a number of tests suggested I pursue some non-professional occupations, which did not appeal to me as a college graduate. As a software engineer, the application seemed obvious. What I needed and wanted was a computer program that would evaluate the important, relevant aspects of my personality and integrate all the results to determine what I was best suited to do, from a large variety of mainly professional careers. Using state-of-the-art computer technology, it could be presented in a fun and engaging way, like a computer game, that would make the ...Read More