INTJ here. i think that condemns me to being a Diogenes. also makes me very good at engineering and macguyvering solutions to problems on the fly. i look around and i judge there is problems everywhere and if only someone would let me at them.
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Yes, you'd have an engineering mind regardless of it that was the career you went into. And your intelligence would be primarily in strategic out of the 4.
There are more things, but I can't remember them right now.
My husband is amazing at all of this stuff, and part of his new book includes mapping them. Most tests are separate, but he's found correlations between this type of personality and the love languages, and some other tests. It's been fascinating to hear as he processes parts with me. You seem to enjoy knowing about yourself, you might enjoy his upcoming book. He's trying to get it done before our baby comes.
not meaning to split hairs but the J means i'm more tactical than strategic. i have to be in the midst of engagement with the problem to get solutions, and i get them quickly. this is the difference between perceiving and judging. you can't be tactical without making split second decisions.
strategic: planning before action
tactical: adapting the plan during action
from the word "tactile" meaning to touch.
everyone lauds the generals and their elaborate plans but they always go wrong when being implemented and it requires people with a talent for tactical adaptation to actually finish the job. so, in the engineering pipeline, i'm the one who is cutting the pieces up and discovering the plan left out something, and ad-hoc adapting the stuff in order to make it actually work.
fortunately, this is something that field commanders (or team leads) understand so good ones leave their engineers to express their on-the-fly tactical modifications to plans. it's tricky because being good at tactical operations can make you a bit cocky and if you don't keep the spirit of the plan in your mind you can really cause trouble.
Oh I find it interesting.
As I understand it, the INTJ has extroverted sensing, which would cause them to be more similar to the SJs who are tactical, so that makes sense.
Strategic isn't just planning before action, it also includes understanding complex systems easily.
Basically, I think your personality is slightly better, hm, I mean "different", than those who are SJs and only have tactical as a strength 😇
I'm supposed to be the diplomat, and sure, I do have that, but I also have a high adaptability and so I can work in all 4 domains. I've thought of myself more as a strategic person, though when comparing it with my husband who is an ENTP who has maybe the most strategic, it looks different.
He has very low action energy, so he thinks before he starts acting, whereas I get just enough info and then I start acting and I idirate as I go. But my ability to understand the system is what helps me be more tactical. If I don't know why, it's really hard for me to act with confidence.
yeah, i also kick into gear as soon as i start to understand what is required. often i just put off learning that part for ages even though i want to do the thing. programming web UIs is like that for me, i kinda needed someone to drag me into it, i have the understanding of programming in general but never got to the lightbulb moment with it in many attempts before. and i don't expect to get that for some time yet, but i can still understand the structure bit by bit until then, and be productive.