They decide their majors by trial and error, and seek part-time work to try out options. They tend to seek majors and careers requiring action, flexibility, and dealing with the real world, such as engineering, construction, production, recreation, police work, marketing, health technology.

ESTPs enjoy new experiences and dealing with people, and dislike being confined in structured or regimented environments. ESTPs have some advantageous traits which are unique to their personality type. Their people skills allow them to use this knowledge to their advantage while interacting with people. For this reason, ESTPs are excellent salespeople. They also have a special ability to react quickly and effectively to an immediate need, such as in an emergency or crisis situation. This is a valuable skill in many different professions, perhaps most notably in action-oriented professions, such as police work. They also want to see an immediate result for their actions, and don't like dealing with a lot of high-level theory where that won't be the case. For these reasons, they should choose careers which involve a lot of interaction with people, and do not require performing a lot of routine, detailed tasks. Their skills of observation make them extremely good at correctly analyzing and assessing other peoples' motives or perspectives.

The following list of professions is built on our impressions of careers which would be especially suitable for an ESTP. It is meant to be a starting place, rather than an exhaustive list. There are no guarantees that any or all of the careers listed here would be appropriate for you, or that your best career match is among those listed.

Possible Career Paths for the ESTP:

Sales Representatives

Marketing Personnel

Police / Detective Work

Paramedic / Emergency Medical Technician

PC Technicians or Network Cablers

Computer Technical Support

Entrepreneurs

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