For MBTI (Myers Briggs) fans...an interesting article on type vs income potential

[NRaleighLiberal]

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/your-personality-type-determines-your-paycheck-184613629.html

Your personality type determines your paycheck

Upset that your paycheck isn't quite the size you'd like it to be? Ready to blame your company, the economy, Obama? Turns out you need to look a lot closer to home: in the mirror, specifically. A new study from CareerAssessmentSite.com indicates that your personality, specifically how driven and results-oriented you are, has a significant impact on your earning potential.

Granted, this shouldn't be world-shattering news to you. But it's useful for understanding how our specific personality types map out against the demands of work. The study at CareerAssessmentSite uses the famed Myers-Briggs Personality Test, which divides everyone into one of 16 personality types based on introversion/extroversion, rationality/emotion, and so forth. If you don't already know your type, you can learn more about the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator here.

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some interesting graphs.

I was pleased to note that this ENFP (me) beat the averages significantly! As a scientist in pharma, most of my colleagues had no idea where I was coming from (esp. the F part)...

But, most of my bosses throughout my corporate life were ENTJs.

[NOVA_Dem]

1. When I found out I was an INTJ it helped me to understand myself.

I looked at the typical attributes of INTJ's and I was like "I've found my people!"

[NRaleighLiberal]

3. I think it is a good tool for, as you say, self-understanding - as well as useful for

understanding colleagues and friends. What I've most often seen, sadly, is the tool used as a "weapon" or to create teams exactly in the image of the leader - with no value of diversity.

I liked the tool so much that I am now a trained tool administrator.....though I've not found occasion to use it yet, as I've moved careers away from consulting.

[ananda]

2. weelll

My income and assets seem to be a
lot higher than they should be for
my type.

I find this rather amusing and typical
because I've always thought of my
life as rulebreaking.

OK, I should add, seriously, it's likely
that education, race, and a stable early
family really make the difference here.

[NRaleighLiberal]

4. join the club - me too!

[laundry_queen]

5. LOL they may make more because most large corporations

use these tests to hire the type they desire. So not necessarily a scientific study. Any large corporation that has organizational behavior specialists will have these tests ready to go in the hiring process - but not sure how widespread that is or how much it would affect the study.

that said - I went to several different sites (Because the one linked in the article is down) and I did 3 different tests and got 3 different results. That's likely because the only one I rate 'strong' with is the N. All the other's I'm very weak with, which means I'm in the middle somewhere. I don't quite know what that means, except I'm versatile, LOL.

[NRaleighLiberal]

6. Lol! It means what it means....MBTI is so easily misused or misinterpreted.

there is no weakness in any of the parameters - just natural preferences. All people use what they need when they need it!



I happen to have strong natural preferences - I've taken the test many times, and I end up being pegged in each of the parameters near the max. But I often work outside of those natural preferences - it just makes me really tired!