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Saya membeli buku karangan Eric Sink yang judulnya Eric Sink on The Business of Software. Salah satu bab di buku itu berjudul “Know Thy Self” dan isinya adalah pengalaman si penulis dalam memahami karakter dirinya sendiri. Eric menceritakan tentang indikator MBTI (Myers-Brigss Type Indicator) sebagai salah satu tools untuk mengetahui karakter seseorang.

Senin, 18 Agustus 2008 kemarin saya jalan ke Mangga Dua mall mau cari laptop baru. Pas lewat eskalator di lantai 3, ada toko buku clickbookshop. Saya mampir. Ternyata koleksinya bagus, dia punya buku-buku IT yang jarang ditemukan di tempat lain, kecuali Amazon Saya menemukan buku Professional Software Development karangan Steve McConell. Bukan buku baru, tapi cukup terkenal. Karena bagus, saya beli buku tersebut.

Di salah-satu bab tersebut, Steve McConell menjelaskan sedikit lebih banyak tentang Myers-Brigss Type Indicator. Saya jadi terheran-heran. Sudah dua penulis buku software yang membahas tentang MBTI.

Karena penasaran, saya cari di Google dan masuk ke Wikipedia. Kemudian ikut salah satu test di Humanmetrics.

Dari kuesioner tersebut, saya punya tipe INTP (Introverted, Intuitive, Thinking, Perceiving) kemudian saya baca ulasan mengenai INTP di Keirsey.com. Inilah hasilnya:

Architects need not be thought of as only interested in drawing blueprints for buildings or roads or bridges. They are the master designers of all kinds of theoretical systems, including school curricula, corporate strategies, and new technologies. For Architects, the world exists primarily to be analyzed, understood, explained – and re-designed. External reality in itself is unimportant, little more than raw material to be organized into structural models. What is important for Architects is that they grasp fundamental principles and natural laws, and that their designs are elegant, that is, efficient and coherent.

Architects are rare – maybe one percent of the population – and show the greatest precision in thought and speech of all the types. They tend to see distinctions and inconsistencies instantaneously, and can detect contradictions no matter when or where they were made. It is difficult for an Architect to listen to nonsense, even in a casual conversation, without pointing out the speaker’s error. And in any serious discussion or debate Architects are devastating, their skill in framing arguments giving them an enormous advantage. Architects regard all discussions as a search for understanding, and believe their function is to eliminate inconsistencies, which can make communication with them an uncomfortable experience for many.

Gue banget ya :p

Sudah tau kan bagaimana keras kepalanya saya? Ini penjelasannya:

Ruthless pragmatists about ideas, and insatiably curious, Architects are driven to find the most efficient means to their ends, and they will learn in any manner and degree they can. They will listen to amateurs if their ideas are useful, and will ignore the experts if theirs are not. Authority derived from office, credential, or celebrity does not impress them. Architects are interested only in what make sense, and thus only statements that are consistent and coherent carry any weight with them.

Architects often seem difficult to know. They are inclined to be shy except with close friends, and their reserve is difficult to penetrate. Able to concentrate better than any other type, they prefer to work quietly at their computers or drafting tables, and often alone. Architects also become obsessed with analysis, and this can seem to shut others out. Once caught up in a thought process, Architects close off and persevere until they comprehend the issue in all its complexity. Architects prize intelligence, and with their grand desire to grasp the structure of the universe, they can seem arrogant and may show impatience with others who have less ability, or who are less driven.

Menurut Dr David Keirsey, tokoh-tokoh umat manusia yang setipe dengan saya: George Soros, Charles Darwin, Adam Smith, Thomas Jefferson, Albert Einstein dan Dr. David Keirsey sendiri. Hi, Doc! Senang bergabung dengan klub Anda

Sepertinya ini jauh berbeda dengan beberapa tahun silam. Dulu Saya orang yang nyablak (ngomong blak-blakan), suka dengan event-event, gemar berkumpul dengan teman-teman…

Tapi saya ingat, dua tahun lalu saya memang mendeklarasikan diri sebagai software architect, bukan software designer. Padahal sebetulnya belum punya pengetahuan yang cukup untuk mendalami bidang tersebut, hanya modal pikiran saja. Tapi hari ini ternyata sudah jauh berbeda.

Karakter manusia memang dinamis dan bisa berubah. Semuanya berasal dari pikiran. Oleh karena itu saya akan mendeklarasikan diri lagi untuk 2 tahun ke depan maunya jadi apa.

Kamu tertarik? Sudah tau indikator MBTI kamu?

Lebih lanjut:

• Wikipedia: Myers-Briggs Type Indicator
  
• HumanMetrics: Jung – Typology Test
• Keirsey.com – Rational Portrait of the Architect (INTP)

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