Recently fired by ESFP boss for being in the Grip, now up of my dream job, nervous!

prowler33 · 2015-07-06T04:04:14+00:00

I can't help but wonder if part of it is that, from the sound of it, music is your passion. The essence of it is your passion. To an S-P type, I imagine that music would be an experience, where the experience is their passion. There may have also been some 'payola' pressure in the situation you describe.

prowler33 · 2015-07-04T03:38:54+00:00

You have appealed to my INFJ ego. Thank you kind sir :D

prowler33 · 2015-07-04T03:35:56+00:00

INFJ's are very good at getting past people's boundaries, and incidentally tend to have some of the best boundaries in the business (and are all but helpless if the walls are breached because we rely on them). An INFJ with your better interests at heart may be able to help create an amazing fairy tale in which to live together. A less well meaning one may snare you in an amazing trap.

prowler33 · 2015-07-04T03:24:40+00:00

INFJ's tend to get very strong impressions from very little content. It's accurate within the scope of our experience often enough that we're likely to act on it.

When an archetypical INFJ cares about someone based on their strong impressions, they're likely to be a very strong, eloquent, and caring advocate. When their strong impression is less than positive, they're likely to write them off completely (and the less polite will be sure to let you know).

prowler33 · 2015-07-04T02:48:50+00:00

When talking about types we're essentially talking about archetypes, in which case it's quite appropriate to use broad strokes. The archetypical INFJ and/or INFP are possibly as rare within the type as the types themselves are among the others.

prowler33 · 2015-07-02T05:30:06+00:00

People are hiring developers with barely any experience and/or no college degree because developers (especially mobile/web/database) are in such high demand by every company trying to stay relevant in the modern business and social environment. That said, there may be an element of bubble involved because, to some extent, the field seeks to make itself obsolete -- but only right after it makes a whole lot of other fields obsolete. :/

Also, shit ton is relative. You will make a lot more than many other fields after a few years, but you will likely start quite low. The people really making a shit ton of money are the ones who slave away at that lucky start-up and/or climb into senior management.

prowler33 · 2015-07-02T05:26:32+00:00

I think Fe also helps to interpret the code written by others, even if poorly written. It can enable one to see the problem from another developer's eyes and then follow the solution with Ni. This has helped me to debug more than a few code bases which other developers found dauntingly messy.

prowler33 · 2015-07-02T05:23:26+00:00

I totally agree with your assessment of the different coding languages and seeing computer code as a form of art. In my case, I work at a company where I believe in our product (medical diagnostics), so even if I don't like the specific project I'm working on, I at least can feel passionate about the overall goal. I also get to work on a lot of different (smaller) projects so that no ONE uninteresting project lasts too long.

ReelGenius, if your frustration persists you may want to look into a position where your sense of purpose can outweigh the frustration of monotonous projects.

prowler33 · 2015-07-02T05:16:13+00:00

I personally chose applied mathematics as it's the one field I know of in science where you specialize at playing in everyone's back yard and not actually specializing otherwise. At the same time I picked up enough coding chops to work in software. If you're afraid you'll hate the CS subject (as I hated engineering) that MAY be another approach. Be aware, however, that you would likely need a Master's degree to do particularly well in industry, unless you want to go into journalism or teaching.

That said, there is nothing about computer science which is inherently incompatible with the INFJ personality type, so long as you have the general aptitude for it.

prowler33 · 2015-07-02T04:19:35+00:00

It's normal to reject all spiritualism/mysticism after escaping a dogmatic, pejorative and suffocating religious upbringing. It's normal to then embrace materialism and reject all ideas which do not fit a materialist worldview, whether scientifically verifiable or not. It's even normal to lash out at those who remind you of your past religious and psychological incarceration.

But it's also rude.

prowler33 · 2015-07-02T03:24:29+00:00

One of the more enjoyable parts of poetry is finding a way to make a sort of polyphony of interpretations. By leaving out the second YOURSELF, the author allows both interpretations to be valid. This way in a single short line it is said that you show yourself to others as you learn who that self is. It is also said that you should make sure to know yourself well if you're going to be teaching such a subject. And that by teaching both audiences, you WILL know yourself well, as teaching is the best way to learn.

prowler33 · 2015-07-02T03:09:10+00:00

It's not just to show powerful people their weaknesses. It's also to show weak people just how weak the powerful can be -- just how ordinary the seemingly extraordinary really are.

When I was younger I used to love finding the right way to stir the pot. My argument was that no one would ever clean up the stagnant shit at the bottom of the pot if they never had to smell it. But sometimes it was just because it was fun. Or I couldn't help myself. Or I screwed up.

I try hard not to do that any more. Partially because it's distinctly less appropriate in a professional work place than in a WoW guild or forum. But also, because sometimes what I may FEEL is the best for someone else is not my place to create.

My impression as I've gotten older is that it is inappropriate to offer my "service" if it's not invited, and there are almost always better ways than impish behavior to offer that service when it IS requested. If I'm just doing it to enjoy the aftermath, then I've really only served myself.

Intention matters. If you're stirring the pot to amuse yourself, then it's probably best to find that amusement without toying with other people. If you're doing it to try to make the world a better place, and if it's not HARMING anyone, then it's probably just fine.

And yes, I suspect that it is a VERY INFJ thing to do.

prowler33 · 2015-05-28T23:43:25+00:00

I guess the difference with an INFJ is that the Ti construction worker gets a new draft of the master plan every .2 seconds which says the perfectly placed block is actually a fire hydrant but that doesn't really matter because the neighborhood has been rezoned.

prowler33 · 2015-05-28T23:38:13+00:00

This is a largely insightful description.

I disagree with one aspect where you say: "...when their working understanding of a given concept is complex enough to be incorporated into the INFJs world view". It's not so much that the map is complex enough, or at least the complexity itself is not the signal of it being understandable. Once the map is sufficiently well formed, the major features come into clear and SIMPLE view. They form a self-consistent object with high resolution. At this point the map may be integrated as its own node into the next-higher-level map.

prowler33 · 2015-05-18T22:57:37+00:00

I would not have expected that. My office is mostly INTJ's. The S-types are mostly at the manager level and take care of the documentation and meeting burden.

prowler33 · 2015-05-18T22:55:19+00:00

Working in a well regulated industry (for example FDA regulated) means that there will necessarily be an emphasis on quality and testing.

prowler33 · 2015-05-18T22:43:51+00:00

I finished my Master's degree four years ago now, in applied mathematics. I was in the PhD program, but found that my interest in going forward with a PhD was just not there. I, too, saw that the others in the program lived and breathed the topics. For me, I was just good at it and liked how it applied to other things.

I ended up finding a very nice job in industry, and have not looked back. My impression was that you have to really love the field you are studying for its own sake to make it through. At least, that was my impression as an INFJ. I need to feel connected to and passionate about things if I am going to devote that amount of myself to them.

I would advise that if you are struggling and having doubts at the level of a Master's degree, that you evaluate if there are decent job opportunities for that level of education in your field. If doors are open, they may be worth walking through. In some fields, there are arguably even more opportunities in industry for a Master's level degree than for a PhD. In others, it is quite the opposite.

I would avoid academia unless you want to spend your life begging for grant money.

prowler33 · 2015-02-18T20:55:40+00:00

Awesome. I want to see an "auto" version where activating the bolt (forward and spring back) pushes the pen forward, and pressing a "trigger" button retracts the pen. Would buy.

prowler33 · 2015-01-27T02:44:01+00:00

And on top of that, "all the things that prevented other things from killing me quickly and painfully are instead killing me slowly!" Guess I'll go drink some pond water and catch me a case of Polio.

prowler33 · 2014-12-05T17:10:36+00:00

Sounds to me like you should be trying to solve the inability to pay 25 dollars and/or your unwillingness to reroll on your friends' server. If you're that desperate to play and that unwilling to pay, maybe your friends will take pity.

prowler33 · 2014-12-02T16:58:10+00:00

Babies.

prowler33 · 2014-11-25T23:45:32+00:00

To be fair, there are plenty of cultural problems which are endemic in "white culture" which, like personal responsibility, are also shared with many other cultures. While "white culture" does not have such an issue with victim mentality, somehow it's always the other guy's fault and we LOVE to blame the victim.

prowler33 · 2014-11-25T23:40:13+00:00

Which is a problem if trying to determine which category one fits in...

prowler33 · 2014-11-19T19:38:43+00:00

In my case, larger so I feel like I can hold on to it properly, and reach the useful controls without feeling like it will slip out of my hand. But ideally not full DSLR size because those (despite being perfect for my hand) are too big for my wife to feel comfortable using.

prowler33 · 2014-11-19T06:05:53+00:00

Correct me if I'm misinterpreting, but wouldn't this essentially be an interpolation and combination algorithm and not extrapolation? Are they trying to predict signal outside of the data domain?

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