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So where do I fit? (Very) High IQ, max openness, min consciensouseness. You can also game big 5 and IQ.

• Jach 7y ago
  If you could game big 5 and IQ the way people game other things, the world would look a lot different... this isn't to say that on an old static test like http://iqtest.dk/main.swf http://iqtest.dk/main.swf you couldn't give someone the answers or train them to perform better on raven matrices but active researchers and I assume companies like Wonderlic aren't asleep on that sort of thing. If it were my company I'd take all the high IQ people I could get. I'd probably learn to filter on other things too at the risk of everything blowing up, but getting a lot of smart people together can also lead to amazing stuff (that may not benefit me/the company, but hey). High conscientiousness is a bonus for get-(business-relevant)-stuff-done efficiency, but I don't think it's a hard requirement. I'm not "min" in conscientiousness but I am a slacker below average, nevertheless I seem to get by and have generally kept bosses/teams happy with my output levels. I think you fit at a lot of companies that don't take those things into account, too. High IQ alone is a big advantage for a lot of the other measures (or gaming such measures) companies like to use. Though you might find a lot of the work dull and/or feel lonely if there aren't any local peers to chat with at your level. On the other hand tech salaries are high; I used to think I might fall into a pattern of "work 1-3 years, take a year or two off depleting savings, go back to work..." but then I realized if I just stretch myself for a long enough continuous period (which isn't actually that long) I ought to be able to "retire" and only go back to working for the Man by choice.