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Ask HN: What's your Myers-Briggs type?

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What's your Myers-Briggs type? I'm curious about what the landscape looks like for founders, programmers and YC readers. If you don't know, you can take the test here:

http://www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/JTypes2.asp

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When I'm asked my Myers-Briggs type, for some reason I always think of Glengarry Glen Ross:

"Fuck you, that's my Myers-Briggs type".

Vote: INTJ

At a certain karma level, you can add a 'poll' question with votable alternates. Much less messy than creating comments-as-answers.

This has also been polled before enough to answer the question in general terms for the readership-that-chooses-to-answer:

http://searchyc.com/submissions/briggs+types

Oh cool, thanks! Interesting, INTJ is only 1%. I had a theory that more programmers would be INTJ.

The percentages listed next to the choices in the epi0Bauqu poll are rates reported in general population; you'll have to look at the 'points' to see how people responded, and it does appear there are many more INTJs among HN respondents.

nm, just saw the second link - this has been asked a lot. And in the second, INTJ did stand out as the most common.

It's been muchly debated whether I am an ENTP or an ENFP: Feelers accuse me of being an icky Thinker and Thinkers accuse me of being an icky Feeler. (I apparently am an equal-opportunity offender). I'm definitely an ENxP though.

IxxP - varies from day to day and what version of the test I'm taking.

Vote: ESTJ

Vote: ESTP

Vote: ISTJ

Vote: ISTP

Vote: ISFJ

VOTE: ISFP

VOTE: ENTJ

VOTE: ENTP

VOTE: ENFJ

VOTE: ENFP

VOTE: INFJ

Vote: INFP

VOTE: INTP

Vote: ESFJ

Vote: ESFP

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