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Subject:RE: Meyers-Briggs, etc. and work (back OT) From:"DeGuzman, Kathi" <Kathi -dot- Deguzman -at- Nextel -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Tue, 10 Apr 2001 13:36:18 -0400
I've been reading this thread with interest and finally decided to
add my thoughts (fwtw)...
I personally haven't take the Meyers-Briggs test, although way back
when I was a freshman in college I took some kind of apptitude/career
type test. I was trying to decide on a major because after a year as an
accounting major, I knew I was going in the wrong direction.
Anyway, the test I took presented results as to what career would be best
suited for the type of person you are alleged to be. Guess what, the
result for me said I was best suited to be a ....get this....
"MALE Interior Decorator!"
(In case you can't tell by my name, I am definitely NOT male!)
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.
Kathi Jan DeGuzman
Technical Editor
Marketing - Customer Tools
kathi -dot- deguzman -at- nextel -dot- com
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