Poll said :It has been claimed that many developers are type INTJ on the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator test. [modified]

[Nemanja Trifunovic]

The first link returned by Bing[^] shows: " Popular careers for the INTJ include: •economist •financial planner •investment banker •computer programmer •financial analyst •network administrator •systems analyst •software developer •university teacher •archivist •psychiatrist •scientist •astronomer •biomedical researcher •cardiologist •surgeon •attorney •engineer •architect •pilot •graphic designer •writer •columnist/critic •inventor "

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[Simon P Stevens]

throw new InvalidStatisticalInterpretationException();

All that statement says is that a high proportion of INTJs are software developers, not the other way round. Lets say you had 50 people. 10 are type A - of which 8 are developers and 2 are estate agents. 40 are type B - of which 35 are developers and 5 are estate agents. You would be able to say that most people of type A are software developers (thus software development is a popular career for type A people), but the reverse does not hold true. Most software developers are actually type B as we have 43 developers in total, 81% of which are type B.

Simon

[jeffwask]

The Myers-Briggs is a friggin joke anyway.

[fred_]

I was looking for independent studies, not profiles.. but

[Miszou]

Here's a free online test[^]. Apparently, I am INFP, but I don't think I answered half the questions properly. I mean, I'm pretty quiet and all, but I never really saw myself as a "very expressed introvert" and I've never been a Healer. I usually play Tank or DPS type characters.

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[fred_]

Ok, let me clarify. The poll had the test, the test and other searches link to "profiles" of the various types. What I am seeking is hard facts or studies that indicate "many developers are type INTJ". As "2%" of the population, how was that generalization come to? Seems to me this might be one of those "87.023% of all statistic are made up on the spot" situations.

[Marc Clifton]

I think most people here answered INTJ for one reason: int j; Marc

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[Gary Wheeler]

I kept thinking:

mov    eax,12A6H
mov    esi,buffer
intj

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[Wjousts]

fred_ wrote:

Seems to me this might be one of those "87.023% of all statistic are made up on the spot" situations.

Kind of appropriate since Myers-Briggs is pretty much made up as well.

[Vikram A Punathambekar]

While it may be entirely possible, are you seriously suggesting many people saw the poll say lots of devs are INTJs, and voted INTJ? You might as well ask for all CP polls to be scrapped, because your argument (that people vote 'dishonestly') is valid for all polls.

Cheers, Vikram. (Cracked not one CCC, but two!)

[Nemanja Trifunovic]

Finally a real programmer! I bet your type is INTJ.

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[PIEBALDconsult]

Vikram A Punathambekar wrote:

all CP polls to be scrapped

I've been saying that for some time.

[PIEBALDconsult]

Well what else are the INTJ folk going to do? Even biting the heads off of chickens requires an extroverted personality. :-D

[Vikram A Punathambekar]

Even better - ignore the parts of the site you don't like, and those of us who think the polls are fun can keep doing them.

Cheers, Vikram. (Cracked not one CCC, but two!)

[Rama Krishna Vavilala]

CP Polls and the internet Polls in general are fun and I will not consider them "scientiffic". I will not read too much into them.

[Joe Woodbury]

Actually, it's based on Introvert/Extrovert, Right Brained/Left Brained studies and is often observationally correct, but is practically useful in narrow circumstances. Beyond that's it's just a party game. (My own experienced is simply understanding someone's level of Extrovertedness/Introvertedness is more valuable, especially from a management perspective, though even then just not being an asshole is the best course of action.)

[peterchen]

The test - together with the geeks=INTJ cliché - was popular on the internet a few years ago. I've never seen any hard data for that, except that on some places that linked it, many techies/developers came out as INTJ. It might very well be a "that's the way I want to see myself" phenomenon. INTJ is the profile that fits developer stereotypes (and I don't use this word with a negative connotation - there's reason we have and use stereotypes). However, Myer-Briggs is, ah, not the most modern view on personality types, to put it nicely.

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[Chris Losinger]

i think i was a INTP (or "Pint" as i like to call it), last time i took the test.

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[Dave Parker]

I got ENTJ. The E strength was only 1% though.

[Gandalf_TheWhite]

Yeah that's for general idea and really some guys don't care abt it. But yeah it depends on the person if they are getting with it seriously or just for fun. So always there will be a chance for mixed outcome. :doh:

Rama Krishna Vavilala wrote:

I will not read too much into them.

...as it is always depends on the person.

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