phoenix
10-04-2007, 10:31 PM
Hi there!
I'm a 35-year old INTJ, degrees in physics and astronomy, now working as an engineer at NASA. I grew up in a household where my mother was the primary breadwinner, and one of the first females in her field (newspaper publishing). I always attributed my willingness to take on male-dominated discplines to her influence. However, looking at it through the INTJ prism, I think I would be doing what I do now even with a different upbringing.
My family is made up of my daughter (extreme extrovert ACK!), my partner (tested as ISFJ...not quite sure how that happened), and our four cats. We do gardening, quilting, online gaming, and sometimes medieval reenactment for fun. Typically, I do the designs (landscaping, quilt design, costumes, etc.) and we both work together to make them a reality. She has the green thumb...not I.
Throughout my life, my analytical nature has been both a blessing and a curse. It gave me the ability to perservere through grad school while also raising a young daughter. It destroyed my marriage due to my inability to understand his unwillingness act rationally. It helps me excel in the demanding world of real-time satellite operations. And as I continue to learn from past mistakes, I think it's helping me learn to not sweat the small stuff in my relationships.
I definitely look forward to having others like me to talk to...especially women. I have always been the only female ... in the class, on the project, or doing whatever it is I am doing. I'm especially interested in how other INTJs handle non-rational children. I love her dearly, but I do wonder if my mother cursed me *;)
Nice to be here!
phoenix
Edited: She's ISFJ,not ENTJ....I stand corrected
I'm a 35-year old INTJ, degrees in physics and astronomy, now working as an engineer at NASA. I grew up in a household where my mother was the primary breadwinner, and one of the first females in her field (newspaper publishing). I always attributed my willingness to take on male-dominated discplines to her influence. However, looking at it through the INTJ prism, I think I would be doing what I do now even with a different upbringing.
My family is made up of my daughter (extreme extrovert ACK!), my partner (tested as ISFJ...not quite sure how that happened), and our four cats. We do gardening, quilting, online gaming, and sometimes medieval reenactment for fun. Typically, I do the designs (landscaping, quilt design, costumes, etc.) and we both work together to make them a reality. She has the green thumb...not I.
Throughout my life, my analytical nature has been both a blessing and a curse. It gave me the ability to perservere through grad school while also raising a young daughter. It destroyed my marriage due to my inability to understand his unwillingness act rationally. It helps me excel in the demanding world of real-time satellite operations. And as I continue to learn from past mistakes, I think it's helping me learn to not sweat the small stuff in my relationships.
I definitely look forward to having others like me to talk to...especially women. I have always been the only female ... in the class, on the project, or doing whatever it is I am doing. I'm especially interested in how other INTJs handle non-rational children. I love her dearly, but I do wonder if my mother cursed me *;)
Nice to be here!
phoenix
Edited: She's ISFJ,not ENTJ....I stand corrected