Just thinking about the tortured path I took to discovering my ISTPness, and wondering what it was like for others...
When I first discovered mbti stuff, I only saw it as a four letter combo and paid no attention to functions. Took a couple of tests and came out as an INTJ. Great!
Went to the INTJ forum, saw INTJs in their glory, and realised I wasn't. :mellow:
I read about functions, and realised I fit the dominant Ti description best. As descriptions of sensors painted them as a bunch of idiots who can't think more than three seconds into the future, I went with INTP. Again, I couldn't figure them out.
So I figured I had the E/I thing messed up. Hey, I get energised around people! I must be an extrovert! So I became an ENTP... and again, it didn't fit.
So I forgot about mbti for a while. But it never left me, and so I took a couple of tests, and came up ISTP. Read through the descriptions... and it fit, mostly. Good enough for me.
After lurking here on PCafe for a while I realised the ISTPs here seemed pretty similar to me, so I figured I had it right.
What about the rest of you?
When I first discovered mbti stuff, I only saw it as a four letter combo and paid no attention to functions. Took a couple of tests and came out as an INTJ. Great!
Went to the INTJ forum, saw INTJs in their glory, and realised I wasn't. :mellow:
I read about functions, and realised I fit the dominant Ti description best. As descriptions of sensors painted them as a bunch of idiots who can't think more than three seconds into the future, I went with INTP. Again, I couldn't figure them out.
So I figured I had the E/I thing messed up. Hey, I get energised around people! I must be an extrovert! So I became an ENTP... and again, it didn't fit.
So I forgot about mbti for a while. But it never left me, and so I took a couple of tests, and came up ISTP. Read through the descriptions... and it fit, mostly. Good enough for me.
After lurking here on PCafe for a while I realised the ISTPs here seemed pretty similar to me, so I figured I had it right.
What about the rest of you?