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I suspect you read about it while reading some MBTI-related stuff. INTP?

by stray 15y ago

overgard 15y ago
Haha yep, INTP exactly. Certainly sounds likely, I do have some books on that stuff.
- personlurking 15y ago
  I'd be interested to see how many INTPs are HN readers. I, for one, am one.
  - jrs235 15y ago
    Me too.
  - kls 15y ago
    I am an INTJ which I would suspect a lot of the front-end people are here. I started out as a 3D artist doing simulation and ended up doing simulation development and then went into front-end, I have always suspected that there are a lot of INTJ's in that middle-land of front-end development and other disciplines that blend art with code. On a related note my friend in school was also an INTJ and we always frequented an Irish pub that a lot of elderly people hung out at. People would always ask us why we hung out there and knew if they wanted to find us that is where we would be. We hung out at the place because it was quite and we could talk to people in deeper conversations than the clubs. To this day I still prefer a quite bar or restaurant to one where a bunch of socializing is going on.
  - tkahn6 15y ago
    Someone does a poll every once and a while. Here are two: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=946249 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=946249 (858 days ago) http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1675197 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1675197 (562 days ago)
    - mattmillr 15y ago
      Thanks for those links. The analysis on the older one is really interesting Most significantly, 76% of HNers were 'NT' types, compared to 11% in the general population. Since HN has grown quite a bit in the last few years, I'd be interested to see if we've drifted closer to the 'norm' or if we're still dominantly NT Rationals.
vog 15y ago
Note that MBTI shouldn't be taken as a reliable scientific model. Is just a nice idea with some applications, as long as you don't take it too seriously. See also: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myers-Briggs_Type_Indicator#Validity http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myers-Briggs_Type_Indicator#Val... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myers-Briggs_Type_Indicator#Reliability http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myers-Briggs_Type_Indicator#Rel...

I suspect you read about it while reading some MBTI-related stuff. INTP?

by stray 15y ago

I suspect you read about it while reading some MBTI-related stuff. INTP?

overgard 15y ago

Haha yep, INTP exactly. Certainly sounds likely, I do have some books on that stuff.

personlurking 15y ago
I'd be interested to see how many INTPs are HN readers. I, for one, am one.
- jrs235 15y ago
  Me too.
- kls 15y ago
  I am an INTJ which I would suspect a lot of the front-end people are here. I started out as a 3D artist doing simulation and ended up doing simulation development and then went into front-end, I have always suspected that there are a lot of INTJ's in that middle-land of front-end development and other disciplines that blend art with code. On a related note my friend in school was also an INTJ and we always frequented an Irish pub that a lot of elderly people hung out at. People would always ask us why we hung out there and knew if they wanted to find us that is where we would be. We hung out at the place because it was quite and we could talk to people in deeper conversations than the clubs. To this day I still prefer a quite bar or restaurant to one where a bunch of socializing is going on.
- tkahn6 15y ago
  Someone does a poll every once and a while. Here are two: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=946249 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=946249 (858 days ago) http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1675197 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1675197 (562 days ago)
  - mattmillr 15y ago
    Thanks for those links. The analysis on the older one is really interesting Most significantly, 76% of HNers were 'NT' types, compared to 11% in the general population. Since HN has grown quite a bit in the last few years, I'd be interested to see if we've drifted closer to the 'norm' or if we're still dominantly NT Rationals.

vog 15y ago

Note that MBTI shouldn't be taken as a reliable scientific model. Is just a nice idea with some applications, as long as you don't take it too seriously. See also: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myers-Briggs_Type_Indicator#Validity http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myers-Briggs_Type_Indicator#Val... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myers-Briggs_Type_Indicator#Reliability http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myers-Briggs_Type_Indicator#Rel...