I don't think this is a very effective personality test for backpacking. Your home, office and backapcking personality and viewpoints can totally differ and this test has office flavor.

This tread should be moved to Chaff...BPL Staff?

Regardless of what the personality test says, I think I came out as DORK.

Edited by edude on 12/25/2008 18:50:56 MST.

INTJ here.

Evan - I think you're quite mistaken for several reasons, except perhaps the being a dork. The Jung-Myers-Briggs-type personality test that I posted is a test that has been used widely among all different sorts of groups and people. This may allow us to look at the differences between backpackers, UL backpackers, and non-backpackers. Creating and using a personality test just for backpackers would have less value to us, since it could only be used within that community and wouldn't be of any use telling us what sets UL and other backpackers apart. Since we know what the general %s are for various personality types in the general population and we have an idea of the general that there are biases among the web-based community, we may be able to pick apart what makes UL backpackers different.

Of course, this isn't scientific, since we're not using a probality-based method of sampling, but it's still an interesting exercise.

I know that some people are simply resistant to this type of measure. So I can understand if you're resistant to this thread. Still, it would be interesting to hear what your results were if you're willing to share.

best wishes,
vino vampire!

I'll post my results tommorow, they might be differant because the first time I was in a hurry.

Sorry if I showed any hostility,

Evan

Edited by edude on 12/25/2008 23:17:36 MST.

I always score solid I's and J's. However, I can score out as an INTJ or ISFJ since I'm usually within 10% of going either way whenever I take this test. It all depends on my mood on any given day. Today I scored as an ISTJ, but I was a 1% on the S and 11% on the T.

But as a teacher in a behavior intervention setting, I need that balance of authority and ability to relate to and build rapport with my students to be successful.

Your Type is
INTJ
Introverted Intuitive Thinking Judging
Strength of the preferences %
44 38 50 89

Seems to me that planning, organizing, and the "less social" part of the personality spectrum are a good match toward backpacking (in general) and lightweight backpacking specifically. (oops! there goes my judgmental side showing! =-))

INTJ ... and I am in management, the description kinda fits, in a harsh way.

Somehow fitting that my first post is in this thread, although I've been lurking around BPL for a while and getting fantastic information. Thank you all.

I've taken this or similar tests over the years and it doesn't change much each time I take it (that I can recall).

INTJ here; interesting to see Ryan Jordan the same. Perhaps this explains why I enjoy stopping by these forums so often; there are a lot of like-minded people here.

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Edited by hoogte_ziekte on 01/08/2011 19:24:28 MST.

INTJ

Introverted: 78
Intuitive: 69
Thinking: 100
Judging: 67

i took the test a few days ago just once, and the results said I was to be a "natural sciences teacher at the high school level" degree from the U. of Phoenix, of all places :)

wanna know the weird part? thats exactly what my wife said about a week ago. :P

I N T J
33 62 75 11

"Isaac Newton, Niels Bohr, C. G. Jung, Michel de Montaigne, Michel Nostradamus, Ada Lovelace"

who the hell are they? lol

Edited by mikeinfhaz on 12/30/2008 18:37:00 MST.

I'm in operations management, and I'm the Einstein of the bunch... I can live with that.

I 52
N 62
T 75
P 11

Though, normally I score much higher on each of the four.

ENFJ

Bill Clinton, Tony Blair, Clara Barton (Founder of the American Red Cross), Ronald Reagan

That's me - wanting to save the world at any opportunity.


Considering I am clearly not the norm, I will be cancelling my membership and will be joining Backpacker.com.

Edited by FamilyGuy on 12/30/2008 18:59:31 MST.

INFJ

Judging.. hmmm... but I'm so tolerant...

ENFP
Extraverted.....33
Intuitive.......12
Feeling.........31
Perceiving......78

I think David and I will need to have our own little support group for the non-INTJ crowd.

Edited by dirk9827 on 12/31/2008 04:37:01 MST.

I've tried this a few times now, and get different results each time! Sometimes i'm an Extrovert, and other times i'm an Introvert. Maybe i should start up a helpline! :)

I 75%
N 25%
F 25%
J 22%

And I'm apparently like Mother Teresa and Nicole Kidman only without the boobs. Though, what does Nicole Kidman have in common with Mother Teresa anyway? D@*# it! I'm an Engineer, not a social worker.

Edited by Miner on 01/03/2009 14:07:07 MST.

Question: "Though, what does Nicole Kidman have in common with Mother Teresa anyway?"
Answer: No boobs.

"I'm the Einstein of the bunch... I can live with that."
No doubt, but can the others?