My Myers Briggs result was EFNP-T. I have taken away that coding shouldn't be for me. Does anyone believe this will affect me?

Question

Myers Briggs, personality type, coding might not be for me?

Answer 1

Myer's Brigg is similar to astrology and shouldn't be used as a metric to determine if you're a good coder. The only way to know is to keep programming. I know a girl who is an ESFJ social butterfly and she competes in programming competitions. She is the life of the party.

Answer 2

Jamie💐 Thanks, I am very much so, I'm excited about the possibilities of programming as feels there is an endless amount of things you can do! 😊 Thanks for your input though.

Answer 3

Jamie💐 Well after looking at the traits which seem pretty accurate based on a self comparison, maybe i wouldn't thrive or be able to do it as well as others? or maybe it's just my mindset? not sure.

Answer 4

Jamie💐 The traits (weaknesses) make me feel as though programming will be harder for myself than others. Just to list a few weaknesses:
Needs approval from others

Disorganized

Tends to get stressed out easily

Can be overly emotional

Overthinks

Struggles to follow rules

most programmers I've met don't seem suffer with these problems.