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I am very pleased to see other HN readers mention the enneagram. A good friend told me about it a couple of years back and I can honestly say it has helped me b
by courtneypowell 12y ago
I am very pleased to see other HN readers mention the enneagram. A good friend told me about it a couple of years back and I can honestly say it has helped me better understand myself and others. I see lots of 3's in startups, along with some 1's and 7's. I agree that 5's/8's seem to make up the majority of engineers I've met.
- ScottBurson 12y agoOnes and Sevens, huh? Interesting. I wouldn't have guessed that, but it makes sense. Hmm, I wonder if there's a place for an Enneagram-oriented discussion site for founders. What do you think?
- keithpeter 12y ago"...I can honestly say it has helped me better understand myself and others" And that I think is the value of these typologies. Reading the Wikipedia page about the enneagram, I see a system of nine types with three sub-types, various connections between the types, 'wings' and 'drives'. Am I being cynical if I think that system considered in the abstract is sufficiently rich to support almost any interpretation?
- ScottBurson 12y agoYes. There is a lot of meat to the Enneagram. If you want to understand yourself better, it's a great thing to study -- and once you see how it applies to you, you'll see there really is something to it.