[IxDA Discuss] What's your Personality Type? (Related to: Now Hiring Leonardo DaVinci?)

[k lenox]

> Message: 14
> Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2006 18:45:59 -0700
> From: cheryl kimble <cheryl at marginalized.com>
>
> does anybody have this issue?
>
> my old boss was an intj and i an infj. we absolutely couldn't work
> together. the f was so abstract (idealists) and the t was so concrete
> (rationals) that we never seemed to understand where the other was
> coming from. also, f's like to work in teams and t's like to work
> alone.
>
> ck


Yes, over the years I have experienced more challenges in  
communicating with rationals in general. I've found collaboration to  
be virtually non-existent with rationals as well. Collaboration to  
the rationals I've worked with seems to be "you do your stuff, I'll  
do mine and we'll integrate it in the end".

And for the record...

What is your type?
Today, I'm an ENFJ

I find it interesting that my extroverted-ness is lessoning as I get  
older (a fine example is that this is my first post on this list!). I  
did the Myers-Briggs test back in art school and I was extremely  
extroverted, now only "slightly expressed extrovert" (22). But I  
think this score might change on a weekly basis as well.

What is your occupation?
I am an interaction designer for a consumer electronics company  
designing advanced concepts for the north american and global markets.

Prior to doing interaction design fulltime I was a software developer  
during the 'multimedia' CD-Rom days of the 90's. My 1st career  
however was as a commercial photographer (pre-digital/photoshop).

Side note: I've noticed many photography majors from college (15-20  
yrs ago) are now UI designers and/or IA people. This has always been  
a curiosity for me. Photography was very technical (chemicals, light,  
apertures, etc) but also very creative (self-expression,  
communication, etc). I find interaction design to also be a balance  
of technical (specifications, functional requirements, etc) and  
creative (emotional quality, etc).

But I agree that in hiring, it's rare to find a modern day Leonardo  
DaVinci.


-Kim Lenox