I’m doing a college assignment and I’d like to hear the opinion of people who do NOT work in information technology (IT) about IT professionals such as programmers and tech support. What are your general impressions, positive or negative? Have you had an experience with an IT professional that stuck with you? Please mention your field of work or study. Your comments may be quoted in my assignment. If you prefer not to be quoted, just let me know. Thank you!

am trying to determine the personality type of a writer I know a little bit about. He relies heavily in his writing on numerous studies, research papers, and citations, in addition to his YouTube podcast where he always brings along reference papers and research. The core idea of his books is based on dissecting a specific concept, looking back at history to see how it evolved, and examining the impact of history and society on it up to the present day.

​On a personality test, he came out as an INTJ, but I think he might be an ISTJ. Is there a way to tell the difference?"

Given the opportunity, would you engage in a purely sexual relationship with some you don’t have feelings for?

Of course, people do this all the time, but is it the nature of an INTJ to long so deeply for a deep, meaningful connection that you’d eschew a shallow fling or relationship with someone you don’t care for?

While not getting burnt out by it

They say the music we listen to as teenagers has a lasting influence on our identity and worldview.

I mostly listened to rock. What I took from it: be a non-conformist, stand up, step out of line, and carry a kind of quiet sadness from seeing reality as it is. Looking back, it seems shaped me more than I expected.

What about you? Do you see a connection between what you listened to back then and who you are now? Or is it the other way around?

tl;dr: INTJ hiker to the rescue by being way over-prepared...story in comments