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Yeah, I have a Master's in CIS and I really had no problem getting my degree. I have read a few threads where there are other INFP programmers. Like I mentioned, it's all a motivation thing, maybe some odd IQ? There are so many IQ types, its hard to tell. Who knows, I haven't posted in INFP...

While it's no longer an INTP issue I figured some may still be curious of the resulting changes. Sorry about the wall of text but I tried to break it up as much as possible. Naturally, after I found out, the first thing I did was look up INXP. As Architect stated, due to our inferior...

I'm not out of the clear yet but hopefully switching positions will work out. The good news is that I have been falsifying type. I am now pretty convinced I am an INFP. It's odd how I can read the descriptions and memes and be like I am so an INTP. Once visiting the forums and reddit, it started...

Well, I went through with it. I think I sold it pretty well. At one point, the conversation did border on the fact that our group doesn't usually do things like this because were not IT. Not sure what the outcome will be but I hope it's better than how I currently feel.

Thanks, I have a one on one tomorrow so I may bring it up. I will have to try and sell it because I was definitely a better programmer. However, this would have been easier with my previous manager who transitioned into retirement a couple months after the "right-sizing". We actually...

Due to "right-sizing" a year back, I volunteered to take on some duties that, for most of my career, was hoping I would never get but with natural progression, a foregone conclusion. It is more project manager oriented but with developers in another department that I have no direct control...

Congrats! It's always nice to hear some good news.

Boring and mundane eh? That sounds like my usual 8 hours a day, 5 days a week. I like the balance advice but less work and more living. What's stopping you from trying new things? I had to quit my expensive hobbies and somehow someone talked me into giving my wife some information on...

I am hoping to figure out if there is another underlying cause that may not be specific to personality type. I hate to use the term boredom but that is an easy way to describe something else I am struggling with. I haven't figured out how that explains the headaches though. I guess I was...

After further thought, I don't believe I was suppressed as a child by my family. I don't know their types but I know I identified better with my mother and she was introverted while my dad was extroverted. I know I struggled with accepting my relationship, then girlfriend, current wife and any...

It seems these terms have evolved, I was reading that bipolar is now the term for manic depressive. I was using cyclothymia since it is a lesser form of bipolar. I have also accomplished what I set out to do (live a normal life?) but came to the realization that while I am successful, I am not...

Not sure what is meant by self-pity. My goal is to learn from it and make changes accordingly. According to this article, ignoring the warning signs is a bad idea. A mood swing seems to be a general classification where the duration and/or emotional peaks and valleys will define the...

I want to say it's good news because I know more about it and can work towards a solution. The bad news is I can't quickly do anything about it and that it seems like a hopeless given for our personality types and more so if we overextend our Ne. In the summary below, while 1 & 2 seem obvious...

I'm a cat person and have seen most of the shows on the cat side, some in the middle and none on the dog side. I like cats because they are similar to me. They do their own thing and on occasion, want to be all cuddly or outright crazy. Dogs just annoy me because barking, following me...

I'm a computer programmer/analyst/database administrator/project manager/people manager all wrapped into one. I liked it for awhile since there were always new projects, changing software/hardware and new people moving in and out of the department/group. After 10 years though, it's all old...

I brush in the morning after breakfast and before I go to bed. A few times a day, I chew a piece of gum, usually after lunch for sure. It's good for saliva production and fresh breath. I don't use a specific length of time to brush (I think it's a kid thing) but make sure to get every side of...

I like that I am open-minded but boy does it drive people nuts that have hard beliefs. They see it as a weakness and I find it an advantage to avoid bias. However, it could be that I just don't give a shit to have an opinion, force my opinion down someones throat or can never be entirely sure...

I have come to terms with who I am and I am comfortable with it. What I appear to be struggling with is falsification of type (thanks bvanevery). Everything I have read up to now didn't quite fit but now it is all starting to make sense. Personally, I think what throws me off is the Ne and Ti...

Thanks for the proper term, that makes things a bit easier. Sure would be nice to be able to judge how long I have left. Hopefully I find something in time.

I was just using a quick word (retirement) that meant the same but ideally, it's a plan to stop being forced to work. Not that I want to work when not being forced but if I have the inclination to set myself towards a goal, whether work or other pursuit, I don't want to be constrained. I still...

If not really anything else, it's a nice headline.

This is good advice but I'd enforce that you should not fear not achieving them. That will just be another opportunity to evaluate what went wrong and how to do better next time. If you always set yourself up with an out then there really wasn't a goal worth striving for in the first place...

I try to avoid negative media but either way, make decisions for myself and don't take anything at face value and do my own research. I do find it interesting that people can react with more empathy, less empathy or a phobia about what they see. As for defining what makes a cruel/mean...

I use it as an opportunity to understand myself (the world?) better, learn from it and emerge a better person. Don't get me wrong, it sucks while happening.

Nope, I am the exact opposite and a morning person. I usually get up early because I wake up thinking things and can't clear my head to get back to sleep. I have no tricks other than knowing not to waste time thinking about things before bed because there is nothing I can do about it until the...

I have been struggling a bit with figuring it out also but what you posted here along with a few of your prior posts sounds pretty much like me. Reading the description at 16personalities, i'd be considered a classic INTP. However, like you, I can relate to some other types and having empathy...

This is why I like Socialism, it seems to fit my personality. Of course, that is assuming that I would always get a living wage and the ability to try as many jobs as possible. I am a very fast learner but rarely an expert, more of a jack of all trades, of course. That being said, my good is...

Re: Ideal MBTI female companion for a male INTP I have a 5'2'' INFJ wife and yes, we do seem to be a good pair. We have been married 18 years and have 4 kids. She takes care of me and she appreciates that I understand her because she feels most people don't.

Yup, details are better left to someone else, not me, I just paint broad strokes and wait to see what sticks. Either way, that is why I included the "or" since I wasn't sure where he was going with the question. I didn't want to get in chicken/egg debate.

Personally, I'd like to see a way to transport objects from one point to another that doesn't require moving the whole distance but a shortcut of sorts.

Everything. Because other than sitting (which certain aspects could be explained by science), things you mentioned and the associated things to those things you mentioned may not be possible without. Unless you are specifically referring to a small subset of science or science defined as...

So what turned me from a worthless teen into whatever it is I am now? The Air Force. OK, I didn't really change but grew up a bit. Why the Air Force? My logic at that time is that the only way I can stick to something is if I am forced to do it. I made it about three years before I started...

Going back to my childhood, I was never able to hold a job for more than a couple weeks. While I don't have the best memory, I feel like my mind would always get the best of me and I would emotionally breakdown. When I was 17-18, I actually had a few good jobs, one at UPS, Trek and one making...

I'm good with more shares. I am going to break mine up a bit. I wanted to start with the past but thought maybe the present makes more sense. Really, my story is extremely boring but I think I found a pattern I can reflect on. The reason I am here is because I had a few emotional breakdowns...

I agree with the others where I don't believe my core has changed but over time, I have learned coping strategies to deal with situations that I would otherwise not handle well. Do more people think I seem normal? Probably, but even my eldest son termed me socially awkward and I never knew...