well, I've done a number of test, both under trained supervision and
ones like this (and yes, I do discount a lot of the online stuff)
I've also worked with a therapist for years to get to really understand
me..... I'm pretty sure I'm not mis-stating who I am :)
- "Boivin, Patrice J" <BoivinP_at_mar.dfo-mpo.gc.ca> wrote:
> Beware of self-reports!
>
> They are notoriously innacurate.
>
> e.g. ask people what they will be doing in the next three years, they
> are
> almost always wrong.
>
> Ask them what they are like, ask them their traits, and often they
> are
> wrong. Wishful thinking kicks in, perhaps. Also when people think
> something is a big concern, often it is because they focus on that
> particular trait - most people probably don't pay attention to it as
> much.
> E.g. my mother-in-law keeps saying she can't do anything right, that
> it
> takes her longer than everyone else to get things done properly...
> turns out
> she is a perfectionist!
>
> Same thing with the enneagram, people's self-image tends to discard
> chief
> feature, they think their personality revolves around something else.
>
> : )
>
> anyway, back to DBA work.
>
> Regards,
> Patrice Boivin
> Systems Analyst (Oracle Certified DBA)
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2002 12:29 PM
> To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> Subject: Re: Myers-Briggs
>
> Here is the online test, very interesting. I am INTJ
> as well.
>
> http://www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/JTypes1.htm
>
>
> Jack
>
> > That's very funny. INFP DBA... Wow! You do what
> > you want with verve and to
> > Hell the consequences whenever you blow up.
> > Being a P, you are pragmatic
> > about your outbursts... ?
> >
> > I am an INTJ most of the time.
> >
> > I - I am stubborn
> > N - I follow my own inner sense of direction
> > T - I mull things over before I act
> > J - I have an opinion about everything.
> >
> > E-Mail: boivinp_at_mar.dfo-mpo.gc.ca
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > Sent: Monday, July 22, 2002 5:49 PM
> > To: Multiple recipientsBoth my parents are
> > psychologists, go figure.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Patrice Boivin
> > Systems Analyst (Oracle Certified DBA)
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> >
> > FYI: SJs make up about 40% of the population
> > (app. 10% for each
> > sub-division).
> >
> > Jay Miller
> > infp (yeah, I know, what's an infp doing in a
> > technical job... :)
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
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> >
> >
> >
> > That is why I use the
> > machinist analogy: somebody who is satisfied
> > with a career spending 25
> > years doing essentially the same thing. If you
> > are into Myers-Briggs type
> > indicator, I think the personality dimension is
> > SJ and roughly 25% of the
> > population fits this profile.
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