article: income level by Myers-Briggs personality type

[shaynaatl]

Interesting to see some of these stats.  ENTJ has by far the highest median HHI:

finance.yahoo.com/news/your-personality-type-determines-your-paycheck-184613629.html

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I was just looking at this. ENTJ ftw!

[toesie]

INFJ here. That's kinda true, I get paid lower than my peers for sure.

[lasagnasshole]

We're an ENTJ/INTJ marriage. I feel like we have really squandered our income potential! We should be rolling in dolla dolla bills and Scrooge McDucking it.

[SJ]

Nov 7, 2013 11:59:06 GMT -5 ribollita said:

I really think ENTJs like myself find it much easier to lean in. I've also read that we are the only personality type to have zero working mom guilt, which helps.

Yes. I find it almost hard to comprehend how hard it is for others to lean in.

I am an ESTJ, but very similar in most regards.

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This is so cool! Thank you for sharing!!!

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I am ENTJ/ESTJ depending on the day.

I imagine the feelings people may be drawn to caretaker positions that don't pay as much.

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INFP/INTJ marriage- we make within $1k of each other. But I work with a ton of very well pais ENTJs. Interesting article, I love this stuff!

[btay]

Of course I would be the lowest paid type.

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Interesting. I'm an INTJ.

I'm an accountant and I find I work with a lot of rationalists. However, I can see that the extrovert people are much more successful than the introvert people.

[catbus]

Nov 7, 2013 12:17:19 GMT -5 SJ said:

Nov 7, 2013 11:59:06 GMT -5 ribollita said:

I really think ENTJs like myself find it much easier to lean in. I've also read that we are the only personality type to have zero working mom guilt, which helps.

Yes. I find it almost hard to comprehend how hard it is for others to lean in.

I am an ESTJ, but very similar in most regards.

As an INTJ, I'll say I don't even like all the references to "leaning in" I've been hearing lately.  

[luvmagoldn]

INTJ here - evidently the T is saving my bacon!

[winnied]

Nov 7, 2013 12:17:19 GMT -5 SJ said:

Nov 7, 2013 11:59:06 GMT -5 ribollita said:

I really think ENTJs like myself find it much easier to lean in. I've also read that we are the only personality type to have zero working mom guilt, which helps.

Yes. I find it almost hard to comprehend how hard it is for others to lean in.

I am an ESTJ, but very similar in most regards.

Same. I have to even push my supervisor to advocate for herself. It blows my mind. 

[lasagnasshole]

Nov 7, 2013 13:15:57 GMT -5 @kcpokergal said:

I imagine the feelings people may be drawn to caretaker positions that don't pay as much.

I don't understand.  Feelings?  That's like a thing people do, right?

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It had been a while since someone told me I'm dead inside, but happened the other day.

My boss in an ISTJ and we joke about our discomfort with feelings, e.g. discomfort with the fact people have them.

[aspentosh]

ISFJ here. I am staying home because that figure is true

[boiler717]

INTJ, but I really focus on trying to be more extroverted at work. I'm lucky I have a field where being introverted is expected (medical communications), but I am drained on high E days. Everyone I worked with thinks I'm super extroverted so I think I fake it well.

My husband is an ENFP but definitely does better than most idealists.

[melmo1122]

Nov 7, 2013 15:15:48 GMT -5 boiler717 said:

INTJ, but I really focus on trying to be more extroverted at work. I'm lucky I have a field where being introverted is expected (medical communications), but I am drained on high E days. Everyone I worked with thinks I'm super extroverted so I think I fake it well. 

This is me exactly.  I'm an accountant  and have always been very introverted.  My role at this company turned from processing payrolls to software implementations and meeting with new customers so over time I am becoming more extroverted but on days when I have to be more involved, I am beat when I get home and I just want to be alone.

[bunch]

Lol. INFP who gave away thousands in commission to people please and avoid conflict. Shocker!

[mrs.jacinthe]

I'll sit down with all the other INFPs. My boss regularly forgets to pay me and I'll never stand up for myself/put my foot down, b/c I *hate* conflict.

[lizlemon19]

INFJ/Social Worker checking in!

[Marmee]

I'm an ENTP & H is an INTP....and unsurprisingly we are Architects. H does well for our profession but being the sole income with lots of kids sure lights a fire under your butt to make money.

[mcfelix]

So interesting! I love Myers Briggs stuff.

To piggyback on the working mom guilt comments above - I am an ESTJ and also do not have working mom guilt (could also be attributed to having a very flexible job).

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DH said last night that he read 75% of corporate CEOs are introverts. Extroverts do well up to a certain point and then can't make the leap to CEO. He also mentioned that extroverts do well in sales (duh) and that's how they tend to move up the corporate ladder

[appleaday]

Nov 7, 2013 21:24:16 GMT -5 @septimus said:

DH said last night that he read 75% of corporate CEOs are introverts. Extroverts do well up to a certain point and then can't make the leap to CEO. He also mentioned that extroverts do well in sales (duh) and that's how they tend to move up the corporate ladder

Based on my (general, not scientific) observations, this is so true!

[les]

I am a pseudo-extroverted INTJ. It took years of practice to overcome extreme shyness and I now fool many people into thinking I am an extrovert. Still, I instinctively seek solitude and low-stimulation environments, which can sometimes be a hindrance to professional advancement (e.g. I would often rather have lunch alone with a book than go out with other people, but I might miss out on a networking opportunity by doing so).

[savan]

Another INTJ/ENTJ couple here. We both work in the same field. DH is the ENTJ and took the fast track to management. I am perfectly happy to remain a peon.

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Nov 7, 2013 21:24:16 GMT -5 @septimus said:

DH said last night that he read 75% of corporate CEOs are introverts. Extroverts do well up to a certain point and then can't make the leap to CEO. He also mentioned that extroverts do well in sales (duh) and that's how they tend to move up the corporate ladder

I wonder what makes that the case? And why they would be interested in being CEO as it would involve so much time working and I assume most CEOs don't do much work by themselves.

In my industry, Sr executives almost always get there by having started a business. And either staying with that business forever or being bought by a bigger company and coming in as a VP and moving up. What type of people are entrepreneurial?

[catbus]

Nov 8, 2013 9:05:01 GMT -5 @kcpokergal said:

Nov 7, 2013 21:24:16 GMT -5 @septimus said:

DH said last night that he read 75% of corporate CEOs are introverts. Extroverts do well up to a certain point and then can't make the leap to CEO. He also mentioned that extroverts do well in sales (duh) and that's how they tend to move up the corporate ladder

I wonder what makes that the case? And why they would be interested in being CEO as it would involve so much time working and I assume most CEOs don't do much work by themselves.

In my industry, Sr executives almost always get there by having started a business. And either staying with that business forever or being bought by a bigger company and coming in as a VP and moving up. What type of people are entrepreneurial?

Introversion/extroversion have nothing to do with liking to work. Many introverts are workaholics, especially in the INTJ group.  

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Nov 8, 2013 10:55:10 GMT -5 @246baje said:

I am an ESTJ who needs help leaning in. I am fine in social settings but formal and technical settings work on my imposter syndrome.

I think I have changed though I was more brash and confident 10 years ago when I knew much less.

I have zero working mom guilt but I think "working mom guilt" in itself is a cultural construct.

I wonder if this comes from our experiences--I'm fairly confident at work and feel super awkward socially.