as working best in academic environments

[navi tasan]

1) I see myself as someone who works best in academic environments.
2) I see myself as working best in academic environments.

Can '2' be used instead of '1'?

I don't think it can. I think '2' is talking about the future. I am not really sure what '2' means! How would one use it?

 

[Tarheel]

I think "I see myself" goes with "as someone who...."

I would say the second one this way:

I work best in academic environments.

 

[navi tasan]

Thank you very much, Tarheel,

How about:

3) I see myself as working for a charitable organization.

Does that mean

4) I see myself as someone who works for a charitable organization at present.

or

5) Working for a charitable organization is the kind of work that will suit me. I am not working for one now, but would like to in the future.

 

[emsr2d2]

Thank you very much, Tarheel.

How about the following?

3) I see myself as working for a charitable organization.

Does that mean 4 or 5 below?

4) I see myself as someone who works for a charitable organization at present.
or
5) Working for a charitable organization is the kind of work that will suit me. I am not working for one now, but would like to in the future.

With the removal of "as", 3 would be taken to refer to the future and would normally be expressed as "I can see ...". It means that you can imagine a time in the future where you would be working for a charity. Your definition 5 is the closest to it.

Your definition 4 doesn't make any sense. You don't "see yourself as someone who works" anywhere. You know where you work. You don't have to guess.

 

[Tarheel]

I would say it's the kind of work that would suit me. I wouldn't use "will" unless it was certain that I'm going to be working there. Then I might say that it will suit me because I know I can handle it. Or something like that.