Ask Kara: hot from the Career Center

This is a post from Jobster's Career Center on Facebook today. Everyone says the digigen just wants everything handed to us. This is more typical of our generation. It's not that we want everything handed to us but that we want to be unique and we want to make a difference:
digi-gen looking for a job:
Well, I have a problem that others may have as well. Unfortunately I will not work for some company where all I would be doing is what everybody else does. I'm not that type of person, I need to use my brain. I'm an innovator, both physically and theoretically. I can not do the monkey jobs. So this posses a problem: how to find a company that fits me?
Here is what I would do:
First I am a software engineer so I could do something with this in excess to what I really do.
I'm a problem solver, not just for coding, for everything. I'm an inventor. These are the two things I do and they go well together.
The problem being, I don't know who to work for or where to find them, but I know they are out there.
So, if somebody needs a person that thinks outside the box, perhaps so far out side the box you never even realize there IS a box, and one that solves problems for FUN; that's me. Just to give you an idea I easily scored with no preparation in the top 4% of millions on the GMAT exam for graduate school.

My answer from the CC:
My initial reaction to your question is that I am surprised you are even looking to work for a company....it sounds like you would be really happy starting something on your own...

or if not, you should try a start-up of sorts. With those types of companies, you find your own projects, have innovation periods, and work your own hours. You are working with a team on a project but you have a lot more flexibility than in a traditional, corporate environment. And this might give you inspiration for what projects/companies you want to create.

Working at a start-up is all about networking. Here in Seattle, everyone in the start-ups knows everyone else. This is great when you are in the loop, you are the first to hear about opportunities at other small start-ups. I'd suggest talking to some software engineers in smaller companies and see what you think.

Though I'm not a software engineer, I love working at a small company. I create my own hours, manage my own projects, feel like I'm making a difference, and I definitely don't have an ordinary job.

I love the questions from the Career Center, and will definitely keep posting the best ones. I would like to shout out to the 'intelligence drop' of the test score...man that never gets old, huh?