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Subject:Re: What should ANON do? From:Catharine Strauss <cstrauss -at- EPICOR -dot- COM> Date:Tue, 3 Aug 1999 10:31:59 -0500
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From: Ed Gregory [mailto:edgregory -at- HOME -dot- NET]
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Subject: Re: What should ANON do?
>When I first entered this business, I was warned by my agency to be careful
>about being a "Type A personality in a Type B profession."
What do you consider to be traits of Type A or Type B people? Do you think
that this has anything to do with the difference between editors and writers
that was discussed a few weeks ago?
I have been told that I am a Type A person (mostly by friends telling me to
relax) and feel that while I am well suited for the job that I do, I would
be not so good at "classical" techwriting.
Do people feel that personality tests (Meyers-Briggs, Type X, etc) are
helpful in the workplace, or do they limit people and their potential?
Finally, being new to the business world, what does a Type B profession
entail? Am I, as a type A, in for trouble?
