Where can I work as a super recognizer?

Hello,

For as long as I can remember, I've had the ability to remember faces down to the last detail, even over the years. I remember every single face of the people I've come into contact with in my life, whether it was from preschool or the salesperson I had a conversation with 10 years ago that has stuck with me. It's enough to have only seen the person for a few seconds. I can also recognize the person years later, despite changes in their appearance. In my early teens, I thought it was normal and therefore never noticed it myself. The first time I got strange reactions to it was also in my teens. My friends thought I must be in love with someone because I corrected the description of their appearance, and I really had zero interest in this person and I never had anything to do with them. At the time, I thought my friends' reactions were ridiculous, and since one of them wasn't the brightest bulb on the cake, I didn't think anything of it. Over the years, however, I've repeatedly experienced strange or unbelievable reactions in connection with descriptions and recognizing faces. I was amazed that people had to look at the face of someone they knew or at work to know what color their eyes were, for example, or why people have trouble recognizing others with masks on. Then I realized for the first time that it's not common to be able to remember the faces of people close to them and strangers for decades. So, out of the blue, I googled what you could do with such an ability because, as cool as it may be, I found it useless. The only situation in which it would be useful to me is probably when I'm witnessing a kidnapping. But other than that, it doesn't do me any good except overload the senses. You can probably work for the police with the ability to be a super-recognizer, but with a completely ordinary high school diploma and no previous experience, I'm probably still disqualified. I am artistically gifted. It helps me there, but it's not exciting. Is there anything else I can achieve with this seemingly rare but useless talent? There has to be some point where it's worth it if I haven't been blessed with talents like being a super athlete, singer or math genius.

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Gocca
4 months ago

I'd still try to apply for the initiative to the police. Or at the airport.

notting
4 months ago

"super-recognizer competition" first results:

https://www.antenne.de/experts-tipps/job/super-recognizer-seid-ihr-unter-den-2

https://www.bundespoli.de/Web/DE/04Aktuelles/05Compact/From-03-2019/2019/05/6_der_super_recognizer.html

There are also results from other police.

It may be that you are. a normal police training first. If you have a good medium maturity, you can still do Abi (details depending on the country).

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