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> So, how much faith can you actually put into these tests?
> I think there are skills of all kinds that make someone a good
> technical
> writer. And having met many, many people over the years, who are in
> the
> business, I know that there is no way you can group them into one,
> all-around
> type.
>
> Let's face it...the saying "that's what makes the world go 'round"
> applies to tech writers too.
You can put lots of faith into them as long as you understand
that they're _descriptive_, not _prescriptive_. That is,
if someone tells you that you're a ISTJ, therefore you should
be a whatever, they don't understand the MBTI and are blowing
smoke.
That said, Myers-Briggs is a very valuable tool in the right hands.
If you're an NT, and a key developer is an NF, and you're
having problems getting the information you need, you and
the developer can take the knowledge of various types and often
see where communication breaks down (or seems to occur, but really
doesn't). We did a neat exercise at work just last week about
that, and it was tremendously valuable.
(Interestingly, MBTI is not biased by gender, culture,
background, or anything else--it seems to be a pretty
darn accurate instrument for what it measures.)
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