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Is this based on MBTI/Jungian personality types? Because it corresponds almost exactly to INTJ vs INTP.



Well, it's just based on my own observations. There's a relationship to Meyers-Brigg, but I don't think it corresponds exactly.

I'd bet PG is neither INTP or INTJ; he seems like ENTP. An introvert isn't going to start something like YC where you talk to hundreds of people, and manage hundreds of companies.

P vs J or perception vs. judgement doesn't quite characterize it either. I'm specifically talking about a way of approaching the work of programming. A big difference is that MBTI is supposed to apply to the entire population, where I'm just talking about programmers -- less than 1% of people. I think it's possible to describe/categorize the smaller group more accurately.


You're talking about NTs :)

I'm not talking about P vs J, more like Ti vs Ni

Ti-Ne - Approach problems from philosophical first principles

Ni-Te - See reality for what it is and bend it to your purposes




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