Comments on: Career Insights and the Myers-Briggs Personality Test http://guppielife.com/2008/01/25/career-insights-and-the-myers-briggs-personality-test/ Adventures of a Gay Yuppie Fri, 29 Aug 2008 07:39:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Signing Up for a Gym Membership: an Exercise in Frugality | The Guppie Life - Adventures of a Gay Yuppie http://guppielife.com/2008/01/25/career-insights-and-the-myers-briggs-personality-test/#comment-87 Signing Up for a Gym Membership: an Exercise in Frugality | The Guppie Life - Adventures of a Gay Yuppie Wed, 02 Apr 2008 12:01:47 +0000 http://guppielife.com/2008/01/25/career-insights-and-the-myers-briggs-personality-test/#comment-87 [...] living in Northern Virginia for over six months and have wanted a gym membership since day one. But I’m a planner, always one to be methodical and analytical before committing to any large expenses. So naturally, [...] [...] living in Northern Virginia for over six months and have wanted a gym membership since day one. But I’m a planner, always one to be methodical and analytical before committing to any large expenses. So naturally, [...]

]]> By: AJ http://guppielife.com/2008/01/25/career-insights-and-the-myers-briggs-personality-test/#comment-25 AJ Sat, 26 Jan 2008 14:43:21 +0000 http://guppielife.com/2008/01/25/career-insights-and-the-myers-briggs-personality-test/#comment-25 @ melissa - I don't hear "creativity" so much as "innovate!" and "think outside the box." @ mike - You're completely right. I didn't mean to give the impression that these assessments are the end-all and be-all of planning your career path. I would have thought the difference might be in P/J. Teh gayz seem so judgmental, after all ;) @ melissa - I don’t hear “creativity” so much as “innovate!” and “think outside the box.”

@ mike - You’re completely right. I didn’t mean to give the impression that these assessments are the end-all and be-all of planning your career path.

I would have thought the difference might be in P/J. Teh gayz seem so judgmental, after all ;)

]]> By: Queercents » Blog Archive » Queercents Weekly Roundup: Job Satisfaction http://guppielife.com/2008/01/25/career-insights-and-the-myers-briggs-personality-test/#comment-24 Queercents » Blog Archive » Queercents Weekly Roundup: Job Satisfaction Sat, 26 Jan 2008 12:35:55 +0000 http://guppielife.com/2008/01/25/career-insights-and-the-myers-briggs-personality-test/#comment-24 [...] analyzes his planned job-hop and one of Penelope Trunk’s columns. (Read it at The Guppie [...] [...] analyzes his planned job-hop and one of Penelope Trunk’s columns. (Read it at The Guppie [...]

]]> By: Mike http://guppielife.com/2008/01/25/career-insights-and-the-myers-briggs-personality-test/#comment-23 Mike Fri, 25 Jan 2008 14:54:24 +0000 http://guppielife.com/2008/01/25/career-insights-and-the-myers-briggs-personality-test/#comment-23 OH! And In answer to your other questions ... I'm an INTP and.... The only lead on a difference in gays might be a higher number of F's for men and T's for women... These are usually based around masculine and feminine characteristics which are more fluid among gays. (For men 60% are thinkers whereas only 40% of women are and it's a common experience for thinking women to feel marginalized or like they need to "fake" being a feeler) OH! And In answer to your other questions … I’m an INTP and….

The only lead on a difference in gays might be a higher number of F’s for men and T’s for women… These are usually based around masculine and feminine characteristics which are more fluid among gays. (For men 60% are thinkers whereas only 40% of women are and it’s a common experience for thinking women to feel marginalized or like they need to “fake” being a feeler)

]]> By: Mike http://guppielife.com/2008/01/25/career-insights-and-the-myers-briggs-personality-test/#comment-22 Mike Fri, 25 Jan 2008 14:47:34 +0000 http://guppielife.com/2008/01/25/career-insights-and-the-myers-briggs-personality-test/#comment-22 To really get your type you need to do the research or have an assessment by a professional-- it was never designed for multiple choice and many of the tests out there use Kiersey's temperament sorter which has the same 16 types but is subtly different and even contradictory (when it comes to mixed types you can have them in kiersey you can't in MBTI). I think they're a great guideline for finding things you would enjoy but you just have to be careful of limiting yourself based on your own definition. As we get older, we evolve out of some of the more narrow interests of our type and become more well rounded people as less developed parts of ourselves come into their own. To really get your type you need to do the research or have an assessment by a professional– it was never designed for multiple choice and many of the tests out there use Kiersey’s temperament sorter which has the same 16 types but is subtly different and even contradictory (when it comes to mixed types you can have them in kiersey you can’t in MBTI).

I think they’re a great guideline for finding things you would enjoy but you just have to be careful of limiting yourself based on your own definition. As we get older, we evolve out of some of the more narrow interests of our type and become more well rounded people as less developed parts of ourselves come into their own.

]]> By: melissa http://guppielife.com/2008/01/25/career-insights-and-the-myers-briggs-personality-test/#comment-21 melissa Fri, 25 Jan 2008 14:31:20 +0000 http://guppielife.com/2008/01/25/career-insights-and-the-myers-briggs-personality-test/#comment-21 Buffy, right? Hey, so I read that Penelope Trunk article and I was like, there's a cliche that everyone thinks they're a strategist? I didn't know that. I thought the big thing in life is everyone thinks they're creative. (I am an INFP = an ARTIST. kthnx. i can haz ur kreativitiez.) Buffy, right?

Hey, so I read that Penelope Trunk article and I was like, there’s a cliche that everyone thinks they’re a strategist? I didn’t know that. I thought the big thing in life is everyone thinks they’re creative. (I am an INFP = an ARTIST. kthnx. i can haz ur kreativitiez.)

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