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Subject:Survey of Tech Writing Personality Types From:"Andrew T. Brooke" <abrooke -at- pathcom -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Fri, 18 Oct 2002 21:17:57 -0400
I'm a tech writer who's conducing an informal survey of other tech writers
to determine, what personality types, if any, may be dominant in our
profession.
This survey is based on the Briggs-Myers test, in which you determine which
one of 16 basic personality types you are.
If you wish to participate in this simple survey, please first read the page
on this website to correctly determine your basic personality type: http://www.socionics.com/main/types.htm
The types are:
1. Introverted OR Extraverted (I or E)
2. iNtuitive OR Sensing (N or S)
3. Thinking OR Feeling (T or F)
4. Perceiving OR Judging (P or J)
Once you have read and understood the main types *from the website above*,
and decided which you are of each, you will have a four letter combination
that indicates your personality type, which will be one of:
To participate:
1. Please EMAIL me DIRECTLY (NO PUBLIC POSTINGS, please!) your 4 letter type
to: abrooke -at- pathcom -dot- com
2. Please state whether you are a manager/team leader or not. That is, do
you manage other tech writers or not?
Thanks in advance to those who are participate! I will post the results
after I have tabulated them. All entries are strictly confidential - only
the totals will be published.
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