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

[Jay Morgan]

> The quick two:
> - What is your type?


ENFP (41, 76, 58, 58) on the Personality Test Center test.
then
ENFJ (89, 50, 12, 1) on the Jung Typology Test.
You can see how the P & J flipped.  I'll say, I thought the Jung test
wording was clearer.  Those questions are loaded, so the words have to be
clear to the subject to get a good score.

- What is your occupation? (Please be as specific as possible.)


IA.  I might be in the wrong room, though.  It sounds like I'm lucky to be
employed.

If you're willing to write more:
> - How does knowledge of your type impact your thoughts about your
> career, design, other people, and yourself - as a designer and as a
> person?


Career:  I knew I was just lucky to be employed before I took this.  I'd
sooner consider myself a daydreamer who can sustain an argument.
Design:  Not sure.  Design is so much more lively when it's bigger than a
personality profile set.
Other people:  At first, I think it's absurd to even bring these tests up.
Then, I start to see how I could use the results without stereotyping, and I
just wait to see who does use it to stereotype - themselves and others.


- What was your experience when you learned your type? Was it
> meaningful to you?


I don't have much context for this to take meaning within.  Seeing the Jung
article helps, but being compared to celebrities is not as meaningful as
being compared to family, coworkers, people I live and grow with.  Of
course, seeing Margaret Mead's picture there in my type description helped
me understand how Feminine Mystique was one of the most moving, meaningful,
extraordinarily conceived and crafted modern books I've read.

I appreciate everyone sharing.  I'd like to know if any other ENFP/Js are
out there.
Thanks,
Jay


- Has personality type ever played a role in your research or designs?
> - If you are outside the US, is there different or additional test that
> is prominently used?
> - What else?
>
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> MBTI resources:
>
> - Wikipedia is a great starting point:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MBTI
>
> - This free test is the closest to the official test that I've seen:
> http://www.personalitytest.net/types/index.htm
> (There are also a variety of (not free) resources available online and
> off to take the original MBTI in a more structured, authentic way.)
>
> - My favorite site for the Type profiles:
> http://www.typelogic.com/
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> (A discussion about the reliability of this test could be another long
> thread, I'm sure. My particular interest here is in what your result
> meant to you personally and as a designer; did it ring true?)
>
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Jay A. Morgan
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