Eric Richardson lives in Los Angeles, California, and is generally interested in the intersection between technology, community and news.

After founding hyperlocal news site blogdowntown and working in public radio, today he works on pattern-based analytics applications for Emcien.

Me and Einstein, Not Just the Caltech Connection

Posted Tuesday, February 15, 2005, at 09:29PM by Eric Richardson

For my careers class we took the Myers Briggs Type Indicator test before last week. Today we got our results, which say that I am an INTP. In general I think that seems about right. This site tells me I have the same type as Einstein. Another INTP explanation seems to nail me:

you can be an under-achieving but very capable student... A relentless learner in areas that hold your interest... you might seem "lost in thought" to others... you tend to connect unrelated thoughts... you would rather be the architect of a plan than the implementer of it...

It's almost eerie how true that all is.

(To explain the title: working at JPL I'm officially an employee of Caltech, where Einstein was also employed.)


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