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Well said. There was a poll here a while ago, something like 75% of the people that responded on HN had NT in commmon - it can obviously help identify technical
by hop 17y ago
Well said. There was a poll here a while ago, something like 75% of the people that responded on HN had NT in commmon - it can obviously help identify technical people. 90% of CS majors at my college were intj.
From a sky high view, it's been very good to help see how other people think - especially emotionally vs logically and organized vs disorganized. And every other ENTP I've met had damn similar thinking and habits as myself.
- tokenadult 17y agoit can obviously help identify technical people I would rather have my son, an aspiring programmer, be identified by his coding skills. EDIT TO REPLY TO BELOW: My son got into programming by programming. In that sense, I am NOT technical (as my HN profile should make sufficiently clear). I'm a lot more learned in psychology than in computer science, and that is precisely why I distrust the Myers-Briggs, because it has never been properly validated.
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- ryanelkins 17y agoComing from a technical family (as I assume you are technical) it's probably easier to get him in to some of those things. For younger people who perhaps don't have the same level of guidance from an adult it can be useful to identify areas or professions that they may not have considered or even been aware of. I remember when I first started programming - I tried it out because it seemed interesting. I realized something was different when I was completing week long assignments in 20 minutes and watched everyone else really struggle. Sometimes people need whatever help they can get in finding some direction. If they aren't fortunate to have a person or environment to guide them something like a website with information about the MBTI can be a rough substitute.