Comments on: Five Big Personality Traits of a Programmer. Do They Matter? http://softwarecreation.org/2008/five-big-personality-traits-of-a-programmer-do-they-matter/ What are the forces behind software development? Sun, 22 Aug 2010 05:18:12 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Steve http://softwarecreation.org/2008/five-big-personality-traits-of-a-programmer-do-they-matter/comment-page-1/#comment-3487 Steve Thu, 20 Mar 2008 04:39:27 +0000 http://softwarecreation.org/2008/five-big-personality-traits-of-a-programmer-do-they-matter/#comment-3487 Great article and a somewhat misguided attempt to apply it to programming. I find it helpful to look at personality indexes such as this from time to time and evaluate how I'm operating within my job. I beleive work personalities can differ depending on the autonomy and responsibility you are able to command. I've been in positions where Explorer/Challenger are a perfect fit and after shifting projects filling a space that relates more closely to Introvert/Reactive. Same goes with relationships. Dating a dominating women as compared to a more reserved one is going to completely change how you handle things. The main aspect I focus on is that I can't always define myself in a green or red box, but rather a lot of internal and external factors that are in flux constantly. Maybe this would imply that I have a high level of neuroticism, but even that has taken years of pushing the envelope in corporate america to develop. Your summation and thoroughness of this as it relates to a programming team is well received, nonetheless. Great article and a somewhat misguided attempt to apply it to programming. I find it helpful to look at personality indexes such as this from time to time and evaluate how I’m operating within my job. I beleive work personalities can differ depending on the autonomy and responsibility you are able to command. I’ve been in positions where Explorer/Challenger are a perfect fit and after shifting projects filling a space that relates more closely to Introvert/Reactive. Same goes with relationships. Dating a dominating women as compared to a more reserved one is going to completely change how you handle things.

The main aspect I focus on is that I can’t always define myself in a green or red box, but rather a lot of internal and external factors that are in flux constantly. Maybe this would imply that I have a high level of neuroticism, but even that has taken years of pushing the envelope in corporate america to develop. Your summation and thoroughness of this as it relates to a programming team is well received, nonetheless.

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