<p>DS built another interactive toy-art. Different medium.
Mechanical Engineer-robotics.</p>
<p>Its Saturday night, he’s home alone working on this project. Why isn’t he doing what a mid 20’s guy, in a university setting, is stereotypically supposed to be doing? Like getting ‘Intellectually Curious’ in the opposite sex? </p>
<p>he is going skiing tomorrow with friends.</p>
<p>Journalism?</p>
<p>LP,</p>
<p>Does your S know you are advertising?</p>
<p>I have an acquaintance who is as you described. He’s got a technical degree from MIT and, at age ~50, he went to law school because he wanted to understand more about the law so he could protect his inventions and patents. </p>
<p>Any decision a young person makes doesn’t have to be final. Remember that we all evolve as our lives proceed, and what we’re doing at age 25 doesn’t have to be what we do at age 35 or 65.</p>
<p>I have a friend who was a journalist and is now a private investigator. From how he describes his work, sounds like it would be a good fit for the intellectually curious.</p>
<p>I agree with the suggestions about writing and journalism. Although many people in these fields specialize, others manage to remain generalists, and every assignment gives them a chance to learn something new.</p>
<p>I am a science writer, and as such I have had a chance to learn a little bit about many things. If I were a scientist, I would have learned a great deal about a few things. The former situation may be better for a person who is curious about everything.</p>
<h2>I have a friend who was a journalist and is now a private investigator. From how he describes his work, sounds like it would be a good fit for the intellectually curious. ~ Dad3</h2>
<p>I worked as a private investigator after college. There are different aspects to it, some are interesting others are soul crushing.</p>
<p>In that , dstark, solicited us to throw out options, which I did, I was musing that someone with creative mind can do all kinds of stuff, except to find a gf. But he’s not really looking, </p>
<p>DS, of course, doesn’t know.</p>
<p>Supreme court justice or law school professor, but not lawyer. </p>
<p>Systems engineer. Political columnist or journalist. Think someone like Thomas Friedman, who gets to read and absorb anything and everything. Book reviewer. Think-tank researcher. Marketing/outreach work. Information science–think Edward Tufte (google him if you’re unfamiliar with his work). </p>
<p>I’d also suggest subscribing to TED talks and looking at the job descriptions of people whose presentations are especially compelling. Sometimes the best avenue for the intellectually curious is to find one field that one is interested in, and then cross-pollinate it with one’s interests in an entirely different field. </p>
<p>People generally don’t fall into these jobs right out of college, or at least not the interesting parts of the job. Sometimes intellectual curiousity has to be scratched outside of work hours.</p>
<p>I’m a trainee patent attorney and I really love my job. It’s v.interesting seeing new inventions every day.</p>
<p>Investigator of any kind. It is a matter of putting together disparate pieces of information to see if they fit into some kind of theory.</p>
<p>Segment producer on a morning show or news magazine show like 60 minutes or dateline. Always a new topic to learn about, book guests, research and write about.</p>
<p>Archaeology…you go from the field, to academia, to writing, to researching, to archiving, to preservation, in no particular order. You can delve into one particular area or try to tie many things together. Endlessly fascinating.</p>
<p>I think someone who is intellectually curious will find lots to learn and do in any field.</p>
<p>^ This is probably very true. I also think that what we ‘on the outside’ thing of occupations- whether they require intellectual curiosity or not- might be misleading. </p>
<p>It reminds me of how we think about creativity. Many many many occupations require a lot of creativity, but if you ask the general population, the kinds of occupations we think of as requiring creativity are actually a pretty narrow set. Its only when you are immersed and doing the occupation do you realize what mental processes are involved in it.</p>
<p>Here is a question I’m curious about: Does anyone think they have a child who is not intellectually curious? Or do any CC posters currently work in an occupation that does not require intellectual curiosity?</p>
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<p>One of my offspring is intellectually curious. The other is not. This is not just my opinion; they would describe themselves in this way.</p>
<p>I work as a science writer. The job does not require intellectual curiosity; it’s entirely possible to do the necessary research and writing without having the slightest interest in the content. On the other hand, it is work that an intellectually curious person might enjoy because it involves frequent exposure to new subject matter.</p>
<p>agree with starbright. I have been trying to think of response and realized that the intellectually curious will always be connecting dots others did not see. Exploring connections and areas previously separated. It does not matter what career. They will be bringing something new to it. My career is not thought of as something for the intellectually curious or the creative, but negotiating solutions to difficult situations requires research in new topic areas, connecting with people, translating different interests, many creative responses. Yet no one would steer someone to it for stimulating or creative pursuits. .</p>
<p>Light House keeper with a high speed internet connection. (HEY! It’s MY fantasy!)</p>
<p>Curiosity, Well read, writer - Journalism
Curiosity, Well read, Analytical - Detective, Crime Solver</p>
<p>Curiosity, Well read, write, and Analytical - Investigative Journalism</p>
<p>Another field that has not been mentioned is “think tank” person or evaluator (either for government or private industry), putting context to current issues. There are people paid to help figure out the big picture & how the pieces fit.</p>