Hello!
I don't know where to start. CONFESSION! I used to stalk INTPc in high school around 2006 (It seems like many people did this around this time -- ? I'd be mildly interested in anyone's opinion on why that year). I did a little in college off and on too. Usual reasons: took a Myers Briggs test in a mandatory high school "career" class and became interested, especially for answers to those "big" pressing questions / affirmation of my unique special specialness. You know: what should I be when I grow up, what should I major in, should I go to grad school, how do I find a job that won't drive me to some sort of psychosomatic disorder ... ? And also, the special flippant and out from left field remarks and comments that only INTPs can give and appreciate. Probably lots of it went right over my head too. Perhaps that's a shame.
I hadn't really checked INTPc out much in the past 4 years. I checked it out the other day and everyone seems to be over here now since circa December 2013, huh? Nifty. Glad to be aboard and fashionably late. I brought whiskey. 
Never been active on a forum before. I probably will continue to just read. Here's some things I'm mulling over now, though:
1. I just transitioned to a new job that I actually like a lot. As part of the hiring process I got to take a real Myers Briggs test. I haven't seen the official result yet, but I know it was INTP. I know the boss is INFJ and I replaced, I think, an ENFX. Anyone have insight on working with INFJs? We really hit it off together. Most of the stuff I drag up from the Internet is all about how INTP and INFJ are perfect romantically .... ugh.
1a. Also thoughts/threads on gender and Myers Briggs? All these romantic pairing write ups assume the INTP is a guy as a matter of course. I'm a lady INTP, which makes some of them hard to read when they get lazy and start flinging around pronouns and I'm trying to read all about myself.
2. I find it hard to type others. I can't type my boyfriend of 7 years. Every time I come up with a new possible type, I read about it and conclude it's not right. My current theory is ISFJ. Oh, and these romantic pairing theories pretty much think this is the worst pairing for an INTP ever except maybe ESFJ. I kind of get it. It's a shame that affirming all the things that don't typically work in a relationship are what's solidifying my hypothesis of his type, though.
3. Freelancing. Good idea? Waste of time? What kinds of people would be good at it? I feel like I wouldn't be able to "sell" myself well enough to make it work. It seems like this would be a problem for INTPs in general. I think technical writing would be a fun gig to get into somehow, but I'm at the very beginning stages of considering it. I don't even know where to start as far as maybe doing some free/fake work to make a portfolio of sorts and even less idea of making it a legitimate business as far as legal bits, taxes, contracts, covering my ass, etc. But dang does it sound like a great INTP job.
Can't wait to bop around here. Or at least I'll try to off and on. Cheers!
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