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gstackle32's picture
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Came across this test and was amused by the results

Not sure how many of you have have studied psychology or heard of the Myers-Briggs type indicator. For those that haven't it's a well known personality assessment that categorizes everyone into 16 different types.

It's worth your time if you haven't taken it--definitely helped me better understand some of my tendencies (I'm an ENTJ). I'm curious about any correlations there might be between certain types and those who hang around this place.

My breakdown was:

Extraverted Intuitive Thinking Judging (67, 12, 75, 67)

http://www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/jtypes2.asp

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Rana Clamitans's picture

ISTJ

CO
(Orangutan, 268
 
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  on 2/14/12 at 8:42pm

ISTJ

swagon's picture

GTFO

EN
(Neanderthal, 2,870
 
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  on 2/14/12 at 8:51pm

GTFO

IlliniProgrammer's picture

ENTP

ST
(Almost Human, 7,653
 
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  on 2/14/12 at 8:53pm

ENTP

Work hard, play hard.

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INTJ

 
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  on 2/14/12 at 8:55pm

INTJ

syntheticshit's picture

intp

(Orangutan, 354
 
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  on 2/14/12 at 8:57pm

intp

UncleMilty's picture

ENTJ and INTJ depending on

(Orangutan, 374
 
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  on 2/14/12 at 9:12pm

ENTJ and INTJ depending on the test. Makes sense, I suppose.

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bigtool05's picture

INTP. read the description

CF
 
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  on 2/14/12 at 9:17pm

INTP. read the description and it fits me remarkably well

obscenity's picture

INTJ

 
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  on 2/14/12 at 9:19pm

INTJ

ThaVanBurenBoyz's picture

INTJ

PE
(King Kong, 1,433
 
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  on 2/14/12 at 9:20pm

INTJ

U Accrete Me's picture

ENTJ

IB
(Baboon, 171
 
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  on 2/14/12 at 9:22pm

ENTJ

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. -Aristotle

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IlliniProgrammer

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  on 2/14/12 at 9:32pm
IlliniProgrammer:

ENTP

Extraverted Intuitive Thinking Perceiving
%44 69 62 11

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Hamilton's picture

I always find it strange that

 
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  on 2/14/12 at 9:33pm

I always find it strange that there are always so many INTJ's online even when it says they only account for 1-4% (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/INTJ) of the population.

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ESTP

ST
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  on 2/14/12 at 9:48pm

ESTP

gstackle32's picture

A lot of NTJ's

O
 
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  on 2/14/12 at 9:55pm

A lot of NTJ's

Relinquis's picture

ENTP... Extraverted Intuitive

PE
(King Kong, 1,066
 
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  on 2/14/12 at 9:56pm

ENTP... Extraverted Intuitive Thinking Perceiving...

Description resonates, especially not liking to be controlled, but I want to read up a bit more on it...

UFOinsider's picture

Depends on the test: *

O
(Almost Human, 8,133
 
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  on 2/14/12 at 10:12pm

Depends on the test:
* Briggs: INTP
* Keirsey: ESFJ
I wonder what the composite would be?

Get along best with ENTPs and INTJs. I guess that means I like the majority of y'all on this website.

http://www.motifake.com/image/demotivational-poster/small/0904/chill-out...

APAE's picture

ENTJ. Had to do this for a

(Neanderthal, 3,084
 
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  on 2/14/12 at 10:21pm

ENTJ. Had to do this for a peer career position in school once.

A lot of people do certain things to add days to their life. I do things to add life to my days.

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ENTJ http://www.wallstreetoas

ST
(Neanderthal, 2,157
 
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  on 2/14/12 at 10:27pm

ENTJ

http://www.wallstreetoasis.com/forums/myers-briggs

There is also one that I commented on that is mad long too, but I couldn't find it. I have too many posts to find it in my history, if anyone knows what I'm talking about someone can link it.

Reality hits you hard, bro...

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ENTP/ENTJ

 
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  on 2/15/12 at 11:31am

ENTP/ENTJ

Power and Money do not change men; they only unmask them

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INTP, never met another one

 
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  on 2/15/12 at 1:01am

INTP, never met another one before.

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evilbyaccident wrote: INTP,

 
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  on 2/15/12 at 1:16am
evilbyaccident:

INTP, never met another one before.

rarest of all types

Power and Money do not change men; they only unmask them

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ENFJ

IB
(Baboon, 111
 
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  on 2/15/12 at 1:29am

ENFJ

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INTJ .22 - Introverted .75 -

(Neanderthal, 2,548
 
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  on 2/15/12 at 1:45am

INTJ

.22 - Introverted
.75 - Intuitive
.75 - Thinking
.44 - Judging

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Ha- ENTJ. Makes sense,

CO
(Baboon, 126
 
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  on 2/15/12 at 2:04am

Ha- ENTJ. Makes sense, although I think it's difficult to answer the questions in a way that doesn't reflect a romanticized perception on your own personality.

Here's my breakdown:
extraverted 22
intuitive 38
thinking 50
judging 1

Don't believe everything you think.

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swagon wrote: GTFO clever...

PE
(King Kong, 1,066
 
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  on 2/15/12 at 6:13am
swagon:

GTFO

clever...

IlliniProgrammer's picture

Mine shifts every couple of

ST
(Almost Human, 7,653
 
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  on 2/15/12 at 10:23am

Mine shifts every couple of years, for the record, especially the E/I and the T/P. We define ourselves in opposition to our surroundings. I used to be an INTP. Now I am an ENTP.

You tend to become an extrovert if you're surrounded by introverts. You tend to get more organized when you are surrounded by disorganized people.

Would be interesting to have everyone take the test, stick the extroverts in one room, the introverts in the other, have them talk for a half hour, and have everyone retake the test and see how the results change. I'll bet a number of introverts become extroverts and vice-versa.

Work hard, play hard.

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IlliniProgrammer wrote: We

O
(Almost Human, 8,133
 
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  on 2/15/12 at 10:35am
IlliniProgrammer:

We define ourselves in opposition to our surroundings.

I'd refine it further: we define ourselves. Unlike IQ...raw processing horsepower...personality is highly context based, and is very fluid. It's also a matter of what we choose to do and be.

http://www.motifake.com/image/demotivational-poster/small/0904/chill-out...

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Which personality type is the

PE
(King Kong, 1,066
 
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  on 2/15/12 at 10:46am

Which personality type is the most prestigious?

surprised none has asked this yet...

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ENTJ

IB
 
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  on 2/15/12 at 10:47am

ENTJ

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Relinquis wrote: Which

 
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  on 2/15/12 at 11:31am
Relinquis:

Which personality type is the most prestigious?

surprised none has asked this yet...

ENTP: They are not easily impressed by poseurs, they value everyone equally.

In other word, they don't give a shit about whether you are Obama or a nobody. If what you are saying is baseless, they will question you.

Power and Money do not change men; they only unmask them

IlliniProgrammer's picture

ENTP clearly. We have the

ST
(Almost Human, 7,653
 
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  on 2/15/12 at 11:42am

ENTP clearly. We have the freedom to think outside the box and the bravery to ask tough questions! (Even as we trip over our shoes on the way to do so.)

I think every personality type has its strengths and weaknesses. The rationalist (NT) subtype that most of us are (one of the rarest subtypes- only about 8% of the population) creates people who are interested in self-improvement and ideas and cogent thinking, but it makes us focus more on ideas than other people, and sometimes, our interest in self-improvement gets unhealthy and turns into an obsession with prestige. In some ways, NTs have sociopathic tendencies. As long as we recognize that, we can avoid getting caught up in it.

Edit: FlakieBear changed his answer on me. He originally said INTP. Frigging P-type personalities, we can't make up our minds.

Work hard, play hard.

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INTJ

 
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  on 2/15/12 at 11:45am

INTJ

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ENTJ 33 - 62 - 1 - 67

PE
(Neanderthal, 3,033
 
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  on 2/15/12 at 11:48am

ENTJ

33 - 62 - 1 - 67

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IlliniProgrammer wrote: ENTP

 
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  on 2/15/12 at 11:54am
IlliniProgrammer:

ENTP clearly. We have the freedom to think outside the box and the bravery to ask tough questions! (Even as we trip over our shoes on the way to do so.)

I think every personality type has its strengths and weaknesses. The rationalist (NT) subtype that most of us are (one of the rarest subtypes- only about 8% of the population) creates people who are interested in self-improvement and ideas and cogent thinking, but it makes us focus more on ideas than other people, and sometimes, our interest in self-improvement gets unhealthy and turns into an obsession with prestige. In some ways, NTs have sociopathic tendencies. As long as we recognize that, we can avoid getting caught up in it.

Edit: FlakieBear changed his answer on me. He originally said INTP. Frigging P-type personalities, we can't make up our minds.

No I did not change my answer on you LOL.

I am an ENTP and I meant ENTP and realized that I kept writing INTP.

Look at my answer to Relinquis.

ENTPs are the only types who question every thing and every one.

I heard that ENTP make bad parents because they might forget that they were playing with their kids or that they might forget them in the bath tube.

I know that will be the case because when I put something on the oven, I always forget about it until I hear my fire alarm.

Power and Money do not change men; they only unmask them

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Hamilton wrote: I always find

ER
 
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  on 2/15/12 at 12:17pm
Hamilton:

I always find it strange that there are always so many INTJ's online even when it says they only account for 1-4% (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/INTJ) of the population.

Self selection bias? Maybe people who are more likely to take these kinds of tests are INTJs

INTJ for me.

IlliniProgrammer's picture

In which case, Flakie, I

ST
(Almost Human, 7,653
 
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  on 2/15/12 at 12:22pm

In which case, Flakie, I would point out that most ENTPs wind up working for ENTJs. Also, ENTPs are known to drive themselves crazy about people with more prestige and more money than them. We are the worst of the rationalists.

Much better to be an ENTJ, INTP, or INTJ.

Work hard, play hard.

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IlliniProgrammer wrote: In

 
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  on 2/15/12 at 12:47pm
IlliniProgrammer:

In which case, Flakie, I would point out that most ENTPs wind up working for ENTJs. Also, ENTPs are known to drive themselves crazy about people with more prestige and more money than them. We are the worst of the rationalists.

Much better to be an ENTJ, INTP, or INTJ.

Is it money or prestige?
Part of our problem is that we go extreme on our rational thinking. I had a convo with a friend and told her that I honestly was not sure about what motivate me in terms of career. I wonder if I would be happy with a job that pay extremely well but that lacks "prestige".

I decided to become an opportunist (like the ENTJs) and stop rationalize everything.

We waste so much time and energy, trying to understand every little details of our lives and people's lives.

Power and Money do not change men; they only unmask them

MMBinNC's picture

I feel like the most

ST
(Neanderthal, 2,157
 
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  on 2/15/12 at 12:49pm

I feel like the most "prestigious" is probably the one that you are if you have a dominant personality. For example, the two ones that I have gotten ENTJ and ESTJ I think are the best because they show that I wish to be a leader or management. If I wanted to be an entrepreneur, the most prestigious would probably be the one that shows that. An artist...the one that shows that etc.

Reality hits you hard, bro...

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MMBinNC wrote: I feel like

 
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  on 2/15/12 at 1:01pm
MMBinNC:

I feel like the most "prestigious" is probably the one that you are if you have a dominant personality. For example, the two ones that I have gotten ENTJ and ESTJ I think are the best because they show that I wish to be a leader or management. If I wanted to be an entrepreneur, the most prestigious would probably be the one that shows that. An artist...the one that shows that etc.

I think by prestigious we don't mean what the type tells about the individual but rather what the individual tells about the type. Your type can indicate that ENTJ/ESTJ want to become leaders but are most leaders ENTJ and ESTJ?

Power and Money do not change men; they only unmask them

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IlliniProgrammer wrote: In

O
(Almost Human, 8,133
 
Points)
  on 2/15/12 at 1:33pm
IlliniProgrammer:

In some ways, NTs have sociopathic tendencies.

Yeah, this is why I don't live alone, the people in my living space keep me grounded. I can't imagine how far out of hand this would get if left completely to my own devices. Especially working in NYC, it's really easy to get caught up in competition to the point where you start considering things that make most other people tilt their head, squint, and ask "you did WHAT?!"
http://top5s.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/confused-cat-huh-510x362.jpg

http://www.motifake.com/image/demotivational-poster/small/0904/chill-out...

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^^^ Probably true. I mean

ST
(Neanderthal, 2,157
 
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  on 2/15/12 at 1:38pm

^^^

Probably true. I mean lack of empathy, paranoia, aggressiveness, and hard rationality- especially if combined with introversion is probably a dangerous combination.

Reality hits you hard, bro...

IlliniProgrammer's picture

^^^ Extroversion makes it

ST
(Almost Human, 7,653
 
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  on 2/15/12 at 1:45pm

^^^ Extroversion makes it even more dangerous.

Work hard, play hard.

FlakieBear's picture

To the ENTPs: Have you ever

 
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  on 2/15/12 at 2:39pm

To the ENTPs:

Have you ever been called heartless, frugal, argumentative, rebel, crazy.....

Power and Money do not change men; they only unmask them

IlliniProgrammer's picture

I've never been called

ST
(Almost Human, 7,653
 
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  on 2/15/12 at 2:43pm

I've never been called frugal. :D

Work hard, play hard.

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ENTJ

(Gorilla, 562
 
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  on 2/15/12 at 3:00pm

ENTJ

FlakieBear's picture

IlliniProgrammer wrote: I've

 
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  on 2/15/12 at 3:22pm
IlliniProgrammer:

I've never been called frugal. :D

I got called stingy in my early teen lol

Now they just call me "cheap" or "frugal".

Power and Money do not change men; they only unmask them

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FlakieBear

(Gorilla, 562
 
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  on 2/15/12 at 3:29pm
FlakieBear:
IlliniProgrammer:

I've never been called frugal. :D

I got called stingy in my early teen lol

Now they just call me "cheap" or "frugal".

Illini might be the most frugal person on wall street

Hoogerman's picture

ESTJ/ISTJ - depends on the

O
 
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  on 2/15/12 at 3:27pm

ESTJ/ISTJ - depends on the test I guess

I have a tendency to work hard and block everything out completely for months while not realizing. As I have just realized this week

I banana back

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ESFJ

 
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  on 2/15/12 at 3:39pm

ESFJ

Relinquis's picture

IlliniProgrammer wrote: ENTP

PE
(King Kong, 1,066
 
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  on 2/15/12 at 5:18pm
IlliniProgrammer:

ENTP clearly. We have the freedom to think outside the box and the bravery to ask tough questions! (Even as we trip over our shoes on the way to do so.)

I think every personality type has its strengths and weaknesses. The rationalist (NT) subtype that most of us are (one of the rarest subtypes- only about 8% of the population) creates people who are interested in self-improvement and ideas and cogent thinking, but it makes us focus more on ideas than other people, and sometimes, our interest in self-improvement gets unhealthy and turns into an obsession with prestige. In some ways, NTs have sociopathic tendencies. As long as we recognize that, we can avoid getting caught up in it.

So true... I think I have the prestige part under control to some extent (I thank the level headed women in my life for this), but I still get caught up with money and challenging the status quo... the entrepreneurial streak is there.

FlakieBear:

To the ENTPs:

Have you ever been called heartless, frugal, argumentative, rebel, crazy.....

I've been called all of these (usually jokingly) apart from frugal...

IlliniProgrammer:

^^^ Extroversion makes it even more dangerous.

^ definitely... it is easy to get into trouble when you speak your mind about changing things or challenging authority. Takes a lot of finessing and biting one's tongue.