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Poll HN: What is your personality type?

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Re: Poll HN: What is your personality type?

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Post by saint-loup »

octo_t wrote: post #2

I was under the impression the Meyer-Briggs was essentially pseudo-science?

Yup, see for example: http://science.tumblr.com/post/13853183116/the-big-five-pers...

Take note that the Big five, the other major personality typology, though more empirical, is not without problems either. http://differentialclub.wdfiles.com/local--files/personality...

Re: Poll HN: What is your personality type?

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Post by mgkimsal »

nathell wrote: post #17
tpae wrote: post #9

are all hackers INTJ..?

Not at all. I'd wager a guess that when you're a startup founder, it greatly helps to be an E.

I consistently rate as an I, yet most people I meet would consider me an extrovert/E. Part of this is because when I'm meeting with people, I can be E, but it's not necessarily my default behavior (or what I'm most comfortable with, to be honest).

Re: Poll HN: What is your personality type?

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Post by wingerlang »

This kind of test annoys me to no end, when they rephrase the same questions over and over and over again. I am sure there is some point to it, and the profile I hit very close to home.

I don't really care for it though, especially since the site is obviously just trying to make people buy the full-depth profile.

Fun, I guess.

Re: Poll HN: What is your personality type?

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Post by zxcdw »

igravious wrote: post #3

My personality type is the "I don't believe in personality types" type.

What does believing and not believing in pesonality types mean exactly?

I mean, as a generalization, as a very introverted person I sure as hell won't get along too well with a very extroverted person unless I really have to. Of course exceptions exist.

Re: Poll HN: What is your personality type?

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Post by agoandanon »

reinhardt wrote: post #13
sk5t wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The test is rubbish. On the other hand, much like a horoscope, it provides a basis for conversation and reflection.

Given that it apparently was (is?) being used as an HR screening tool, I'm afraid it's not always harmless conversation fodder.

Eh, just learn the test well enough that you can figure out what they want, and then give them the result which gets you hired.

Re: Poll HN: What is your personality type?

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Post by 70forty »

hacknat wrote: post #20
octo_t wrote: post #2

I was under the impression the Meyer-Briggs was essentially pseudo-science?

I agree, but I'm also not surprised to see INTJ as the most up-voted type.

Same. I think this poll and Myers-Briggs are only interesting insofar as they are a reflection of how we want to see ourselves.

I've variously gotten ENTJ or INTJ over the years.

Re: Poll HN: What is your personality type?

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Post by alttab »

igravious wrote: post #3

My personality type is the "I don't believe in personality types" type.

So you're an asshole? Clearly I'm joking, but people have tendencies and knowing the general buckets of tendency-groups makes it easier to interact with a wider variety of people (and not just introverted engineers).
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