The Architect

So, I thought that this was wholly appropriate to post as my 100th blog entry:

A friend of mine today sent me a link for what appears to be a relatively a good Myer-Briggs Test that his boss found online. Sure, it's a personality test and, so yes, let's all let out a collective groan, but the interesting part about this one is that it seems to be remarkably accurate in predicting and assessing my personality.

The pithy blog-widget friendly summation of my test results are:

INTP - "Architect". Greatest precision in thought and language. Can readily discern contradictions and inconsistencies. The world exists primarily to be understood. 3.3% of total population.

which, while giving me a tremendous temporary ego boost (at least until the depression sets in again) isn't really the part I was impressed by. I'm quoting everything here from the site which I'll give you the link for at the end. It said I am "introverted and intellectually curious" . . . yes, okay so far. It said I am a

"loner, more interested in intellectual pursuits than relationships or family, wrestles with the meaninglessness of existence, likes esoteric things, disorganized, messy, likes science fiction, can be lonely, observer, private, can't describe feelings easily, detached, likes solitude, not revealing, unemotional, rule breaker, avoidant, familiar with the darkside, skeptical, acts without consulting others, does not think they are weird but others do, socially uncomfortable, abrupt, fantasy prone, does not like happy people, appreciates strangeness, frequently loses things, acts without planning, guarded, not punctual, more likely to support marijuana legalization, not prone to compromise, hard to persuade, relies on mind more than on others, calm"

and yes. . . far more right there than there was wrong.

Ok.

Recommended careers?

"Philosopher, game designer, scientist, software engineer, freelance artist, research scientist, assassin, freelance writer, physicist, software developer, mathmetician, geologist, computer scientist, philosophy professor, webmaster, slacker, medical researcher, painter, mortician, systems analyst, comic book artist, computer technician, website designer, scholar, archeologist, computer repair, forensic anthropologist, astronaut, researcher, historian, systems engineer, genetics researcher, astronomer, enviromental scientist, egyptologist."

Um, I could either be an egyptologyst? an ASSASSIN? or a freelance writer?

Well, okay.

The site is Similar Minds, then click on Short Test under the Jung Tests header. It's only 53 questions. I'm curious for more people to take and see if their's are accurate too.