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Are Aptitude Tests Helpful in the Workplace?

A few months ago I approached my manager about an  Aptitude test called YouScience  that I had been looking into between jobs.  I asked if they would be interested in seeing the results if I took it.  The response was emphatically "YES!". As someone in tech for under 2 years, I've often wondered  WHERE exactly my place is within the industry.  How I Got Here A little background... I'm formally trained as an architect so the design nerd is strong with this one, but after years of that, I decided to mix it up a bit.  I ended up in 2 years of volunteer work doing community economic development, then for the better part of a decade progressed through facilities and labor, fueling planes 1000's of miles from anywhere, carpentry and expedition outfitting, even learning an entire seasonal product life cycle and training a team on it.  In between seasons, I explored my pilot's license, professional dancing, existing out of a #vanlife style pickup truck