Jordan Peterson - What Kind Of Job Fits Your IQ

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Published 2021-05-25

You need to understand that there are differences in intelligence. If you go into a job and you're not smart enough for that job, you won't be able to handle the position and you'll be miserable. If you want to maximize your chances for success and well-being, Jordan Peterson suggests that you should consider your intelligence and personality and find a strata of occupation in which you would have an intelligence that would put you in the upper quartile. Because you don't want to be the stupidest guy in the room. You probably also don't want to be the smartest guy in the room, because it probably means you should be in a different room. Jordan Peterson shares a list of jobs within different IQ groups and discusses the problem of people with IQ of less than 87 and automation of the job market.

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All Comments (21)

@michaellowe7403 3 years ago

I'm suffering from dementia, so I think my IQ would be perfect for the job of President of the United States
@OU81TWO 3 years ago

"Under 87? Is there something?" Yes. TikTok.
@Besotted85 10 months ago

If you got an IQ from 0-1, you can always be an influencer.
@acausedelle1547 10 months ago

Ive been formally tested a few months ago and my IQ is 125. Im a metallurgical engineer. I want to warn people about the dangers of high neurotism and low conscientiousness in the workplace. Its run me out of jobs because i couldnt bring myself to work hard enough and the stress became way too much. IQ isnt everything, especially if you just consume garbage on youtube all day instead of wisdom or something useful.
@bobbod2932 3 years ago

my IQ was around 70 so I will get in the ocean and join the dolphins
@DanielSorensenEnd 2 years ago

I have an IQ of 267, this really opened my eyes and convinced me to quit my job at mcdonalds. thank you.
@ThatsWhenItkickedin 1 year ago

I worked 84 hours a week for 2 years as a pharmacist. The pay was great. On the way home one morning I stopped at the light and thought I'd just "rest my eyes." The next thing I heard was a knock knock on the side window. A cop. He saw I was still in my jacket and let me go home, about another mile away. Working these kinds of hours isn't for everyone. I think the reason I did it was I hated my personal life.
@jonathonpotthoff7057 8 months ago

I’ve bounced around studying chemistry, languages and Business with ease, but always assumed I was stupid because that’s what my father told me as he is a farmer and my skills match nothing what he values. After traveling the world and years of therapy, I’ve come to establish that I only fit with those whose mind functions as mine does. Videos like this truly help.
@vaginbob5153 2 years ago

Love how everyone in the comments has a genius level iq. It makes this so much funnier.
@qnmt5783 3 years ago

I can boil eggs without hurting myself.
@dennisjones9044 10 months ago

I considered myself a little above average intelligence but I've been in rooms full of engineers and researchers and felt like the special ed kid in the corner
@Haze1434 10 months ago

Lots of IQ anecdotes here, so here's mine; I hated working in retail and factory jobs for years. Way too boring and understimulating. Turns out my IQ is about 119 and I work really well in IT, now a Linux Admin with some general programming skills. Much more suitable, I feel content now.
@Beebo 3 years ago

I watch Rick and Morty so I think I'm safe.
@rage_2000 2 years ago

Imagine being in a room full of people, and they all start leaving one by one because they are the smartest person in the room…
@sebu6831 2 years ago

I quit my old job (as machinist) and educated myself to a IT job (system integration) which is much more fun and interesting to me. I wasn't sure if I am smart enough for this job but I proved myself and it seems I am smarter than I anticipated. Still there are smarter people than me but that doesn't concern me, because I can finally do a job I love.
@joshlovsbball 10 months ago

I took an EMT class so I could become a fire fighter. Over 90% of the class was comprised of med students. They would shout out the answers to the multiple choice questions on the PowerPoint before I was done reading the question. I have a bachelors degree and went to a private high school and grade school. These kids just downloaded information so fast I knew there’s no way in hell I could or should be a doctor if that was my goal.
@GodotOfficial 3 years ago

“If you’re the smartest guy in the room, you’re in the wrong room” that’s fantastic advice, it’s amazing how so many people who were smart in school just stagnate because they have no ambition to do better
@suboptimal2019 3 years ago

I think social intelligence and charisma has a lot to do with moving up in a work environment. You can be really good at your job but if nobody likes you, you are going to have a difficult time advancing.
@MelbourneMaster 9 months ago

An interesting thing about IQ is that it varies depending on environment and situation, especially if you are not very stress tolerant. I generally score around 140 - 145 on tests but I have a reasonably low stress tolerance, which means I literally cant think straight in a stressful environment. The interesting part is that you could find people way less intellectually gifted than me, that would do better at jobs that require high stress tolerance. Social anxiety plays a big part in that for me.
@ShortsCreatorGuy 9 months ago

Crazy how everyone in this comment section seems to have a 125+ IQ lmao