Sorry, but you seem to be mistaken. According to this chart, the personalities that go into programming are ISTP, ISTJ, INTP and INTJ. (The fact that the key attributes are IT is probably just coincidence...) The personalities that like being a paralegal are ISFJ, ISTP and ESTJ. So ISTPs could be attracted both to programming and paralegals, but most programmers likely would not like being a paralegal and vice versa.

But that personality test is not destiny. For instance I'm an ENTP. As the chart and my experience indicate, extroverts of any kind are rare in programming. But we do exist. (Incidentally I should note that extroverted geeks are truly sad creatures. We want to be social but are oh so incapable of doing it properly. As I can testify from experience, when random people look interested in dumps of technical information, it is from a sense of morbid fascination. It is similar to how people can't resist staring at car wrecks...)

In reply to Re^4: departing programming, what is the next best step? by tilly
in thread departing programming, what is the next best step? by thaigrrl

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