Based off my RIASEC scale, I am an AIE. I am artistic, investigate, and enterprising when it comes to exploring career choices. In relation to my career exploration process, my RIASEC code somewhat matches my current career path, which is business, but I was thinking of going into computer science, since it lines up more with what I am passionate about. From completing the workshop, I have learned that I am artistic, investigative, and enterprising. From the artistic side, I prefer being imaginative, expressing myself, and being an opportunist. From the investigative side, I prefer working alone, learning new ideas, being independent, and being abstract. From the enterprising side, I am a leading figure, working on projects, being influential, loyal, a risk taker, and speaking aloud. Based off O*Net, some careers recommended to me are video game designer, computer and information systems manager, and film and video editor. In my opinion, O*Net seems to have recommended a job that I was already considering and it is in computer science, which is video game designer.
The video game designer path seems to be what I am considering more to follow, since it is something I am deeply passionate about and by taking classes in video game design, I can get into anime design too. I wanted to get into either of these careers, since I have been passionate about video games and animes for as long as I can remember. I enjoy watching animes and playing video games, so why not work on something that brings me joy. I can watch other people enjoy my work and interpret it in their own way or play it with their own style. I can go on and on why this would be the best path for me to follow, but the most prominent aspect is the skills that I can gain from going down this career path.
By going into video game designing, I gain skills in programming, being an active listener, complex problem solving, critical thinking, and reading comprehension. Some tasks that I would be assigned are balancing gameplay experiences, provide feedback to designers, creating core gameplay features, and guiding design team discussions. Some tools I would use would be an audioconferencing system, a fixed computer gaming console, notebook computer, mobile phone, and a scanner. I will be using many applications and software for developing environments, graphics or photo imaging, object or component orientation, and video creation and editing a lot for designing video games. Most of these skills, tools, tasks, and applications and software will be used if I were to go into graphic designs for anime too, which leaves me with more options to choose from. Furthermore, it is recommended that I get a Bachelor’s degree level in education to help getting a job from this career I have chosen, which brings um my state at Ohio State University at the moment.
My current career path does show up as a result of my code, but the requirements for being a finance major does not suit my passion, which lead me to follow the path of computer science. I am quite torn at the moment, whether to go for a computer science major, since I am not sure, if I will get a job right out of college, but that is some more stress for another time. I was thinking of doing a business major and then a computer science minor, but I will not be fully immersed in what I truly want to do. I could probably try to go for a computer science major and business finance minor, but I am not one hundred percent on that plan of action. I do hope that one day down the road I can get the chance to either work with A-1 Pictures for animation and designs in anime or Bethesda Softworks for video game designs. Both are big name companies in the anime and video game industry respectively. Some well-known animes created by A-1 Pictures include, Sword Art Online, The Asterisk Wars, Fairy Tail, and the most recent production was a short anime music video made with a collaboration with Porter Robinson and Madeon called “Shelter”. Some well-known Bethesda Softworks video games include, the Fallout series, the Elder Scrolls series, and the Dishonored series. If I can work with either company, then it would be a dream come true, especially since many of these animes and video games I remember watching and playing, while I was growing up. For now, my next step is to figure out what path I truly desire to follow and hoping I get a career in something I am passionate about.