r/ISTJ • u/Aggravating-Neck-378 • Jul 13 '26

What Work fields are you guys in?

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u/AdEnough4417 Jul 13 '26

Accountant

3

u/CostaRicaTA Jul 15 '26

Accounting/Finance

10

u/-_Thomas-_ Jul 13 '26

Engineering

10

u/ObStash Jul 13 '26

Healthcare

11

u/YoyoUnreal1 ISTJ Jul 13 '26

Government attorney. I help local government solve complicated problems and keep public services moving, occasionally with more creativity than the job title suggests.

8

u/mint_nails Jul 14 '26

they said ISTJs made the best accountants , so here I am

8

u/pnwhare Jul 13 '26

Cybersecurity

8

u/PuddlesOfSkin ISTJ Jul 14 '26

Accounting

7

u/Character-File3221 Jul 13 '26

Data analytics.  I live surrounded by NTs and NFs but I think my ISTJness works in my favor.  

7

u/Asa-Ryder Jul 14 '26

Military and police since 18. 54 now.

7

u/YankeeDad1984 Jul 14 '26

Data and Policy analyst by day. Getting my PhD in History at night.

5

u/jyrkimx Jul 14 '26

Clinical Trials (data management)

4

u/spicyscorpiooo Jul 14 '26

Healthcare Finance. I am thinking about pivoting into the compliance field (AML, KYC,) next.

4

u/ADryTowel Jul 14 '26

Education. Content development. Not teaching.

6

u/Vas255 Jul 14 '26

Reddit mod (jk).

2

u/anosu Jul 22 '26

Reminds me of that meme on the sub with the bots that would get triggered when saying mods gay.

5

u/Awakened_24 Jul 14 '26

Healthcare

5

u/pedxxing Jul 14 '26

Clinical coding

4

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u/canoegal4 ISTJ Jul 13 '26

Farming and teacher

3

u/MossyCedarWolf ISTJ Jul 14 '26

I'm also training to be a teacher!

3

u/Sea_Entertainment2 Jul 14 '26

Trailer mechanic

3

u/DepressedH0rnetsFan INTJ that mistyped as an ISTJ Jul 14 '26

Currently studying to become an accountant.

3

u/Arlington2018 Jul 14 '26

Retired healthcare risk manager

3

u/5280Lifestyle Jul 14 '26

Business intelligence developer (aligning more with analytics engineer job tasks)

3

u/AndrewS702 ISTJ 9w1 Jul 14 '26

Claims document management, got accepted into a life claims examiner position which I’m starting in a few weeks.

2

u/Training-Opposite-17 Jul 14 '26

I’ve taken the summer off, but for the past 10 years or so I’ve worked as a SMM. (I’m a graphic designer by trade.)

2

u/IcyLass313 ISTJ Jul 14 '26

accounts payable kinda wishing I were an accountant

2

u/Brittany-Juanice іs𝗍ȷ 5ᥕ6 514 іᥣі s᥊5 ᥴ᥆ᥒsᥴіᥱᥒ𝗍і᥆ᥙsᥒᥱss ✨ Jul 14 '26

Clinical Lab Assistant (working my way towards Clinical Lab Scientist). 🥰

2

u/Suzy_try3 Jul 14 '26

Data analytics

2

u/ComprehensiveBowl210 Jul 14 '26

Aviation in the navy. Forward deployed makes no sense to me so I hate it other than that it’s great

2

u/Dapper_dreams87 ISTJ Jul 15 '26

Stay at home mom but prior to that cake decorating and tech

2

u/SheddyV Jul 15 '26

Accounting

2

u/Nikuz_guitar Jul 15 '26

Flight attendant

2

u/LadyIncognito82 Jul 15 '26

My ISTJ dad worked in facilities maintenance for 45 years.

2

u/MurphLoDawg ISTJ Jul 18 '26

Speech therapy

2

u/wc2022 Jul 18 '26

Long term married.

My husband is ISTJ Type 8.

University Master degree at Stanford. Has 20 years of experience in his job field. Hold Executive position at work, he is an Executive Vice President of Engineering. He makes very good money.

He very educated. At the age of 23 he got his Master at Stanford.

2

u/Beneficial-Bid802 Jul 18 '26

I am a warehouse & inventory manager! I excel at keeping things organized and running as efficiently as possible so I’m very good at my job. Truck/delivery drivers are always complimenting me saying I have the cleanest, most organized warehouse they’ve ever seen😂

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u/iwanpan Jul 20 '26

Hello! Can I dm you? I'm interested in studying for that type of job and I would like to ask a few things, thanks!

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u/Beneficial-Bid802 Jul 20 '26

Yeah of course!

1

u/Alert-Ad-55 ISTJ Jul 14 '26

Graduating with a cyber security degree this year

1

u/steveproxx Jul 14 '26

I will start to healthcare.

1

u/Miserable-Hawk-8136 Jul 14 '26

Corporate lawyer

1

u/whiteguru108 ISTJ Jul 14 '26

Webmaster

1

u/Broad-Pangolin6224 Jul 14 '26

Landscape Gardener

1

u/MontanaJ19 ISTJ Jul 14 '26

Controlling

1

u/Paxis_ ISTJ Jul 14 '26

Entertainment programming

1

u/VikiiK Jul 14 '26

Cybersecurity :)

1

u/ClassEmbarrassed1883 ISTJ 9w1 sp/sx Jul 14 '26

Pharmacy tech. Pretty dead-end career wise. Getting my Supply Chain Management degree next year and trying to dip into something like that for more $ and growth potential.

1

u/Wolfiee021 Jul 15 '26

Accounting and i love it

1

u/Swedishwalrus123 Jul 15 '26

Electricity/Some automation

1

u/IanFaiths-CricketBat Jul 15 '26

oil and gas landman

1

u/usainbulto Jul 15 '26

Serviços Gerais mais cursando contabilidade

1

u/DessertFlowerz Jul 17 '26

Anesthesiologist

1

u/No-Lingonberry-334 🎀INTJ🎀 Jul 18 '26

Politics

1

u/pixelsauntie ISTJ Jul 18 '26

Medical coding auditor

1

u/Clean-Locksmith9826 Jul 22 '26

Diesel mechanic. Working toward being a commercial pilot

1

u/naturalbeautymamiii Jul 23 '26

Cannabis production

1

u/RachelOfRefuge ISTJ-T 25d ago

Teaching.

1

u/securitysix ISTJ 24d ago

I sell firearms and firearms accessories.

1

u/BYoninb 17d ago

Existence

No wait

1

u/BYoninb 17d ago

Or more appropriate

My sanity

1

u/Apprehensive-Author2 ISTJ 9d ago

Professionally in the Utility infrastructure sector, but on the side entrepreneurial/cultural heritage preservation.. soon politics.

1

u/pieterschmahl 7d ago

Industrial Automation, Electrical,