PDA

View Full Version : Hello



Phreon
13 Sep 2004, 04:47 AM
Hello,

I always test 50/50 on the E/I scale (Usually labeled an "E" by online tests), but my preferences are undoubtedly "I".

I'm a 31 year old guy named Doug who's been through more ups and downs than he'd care to recount.

I can't really describe what type of person I am beyond that my posts will make that evident.

Some random tidbits about me are:


1) I was the kid who fixed his parent's appliances from age 6 on.
2) I was labeled both "gifted" and "learning disabled" (I prefer to think my educators were "teaching disabled)
3) I was profoundly bored with most schooling and sank to the bare minimum requirements no matter what difficulty level of class I was placed in.
4) I usually manage to become the "go to guy" no matter what job or field I wind up in.
5) Have no college degree
6) Anything I'm very good at is because I taught myself how to do it.
7) Oddly for an INTP, I'm not that great at mathmatics (see point 2)
8) Though this post doesn't evidence it, I'm a much better writer than orator.
9) I always seem to sink or rise to the level of my peers (that pesky chameleon)
10) I'm into Photography, storm chasing, storm spotting, both enjoying and playing music, fixing cars, electronics, astronomy, tinkering, computers and electronics, reading, welding (creating things), flying (as in doing it), amateur radio.
11) I've gained the reputation on other boards as someone who'll argue a point simply to argue it. It's almost sport. And a guilty pleasure pointing out the flaws in another's argument. I'm not particularly proud of this.
12) I think my E and F sides are unusually prominent for an INTP.
13) Spell checkers combined with the habit of typing too fast have ruined my grammatical accuracy.
14) Sometimes the urge to build/write/create things seems almost overwhelming
15) No matter what level of success or achivement I attain, I constantly feel as though I'm on the edge of total failure (and being found out I'm a fraud)
16) Music has the annoying ability to move me to tears at inopportune times
17) I tend to remember my dreams in terms of moods.
18) I'm a very good cook
19) I'm terrible at respecting the conclusions of others if they're based on emotion rather than fact.
20) I probably seem cold to most people, though I run rather hot. My inability to express myself to people I care about in real-time drives me nuts.
21) I'm never good enough unless I'm better than everyone else (which is impossible)
22) Myers/Briggs and thier ilk have provided me with a sense of self order an stability I sorely lacked for many years.
23) Even my best friends think I'm wierd
24) I'm intolerant of stupid people, sheeple, politicians, keeping up with the Joneses and main-stream everything. Screw being like everyone else; they have terrible taste.
25) I'm not religious, though I have a spiritual side.

I'm terrible at providing information unsolicited. Ask me questions,

Phreon

file cabinet
13 Sep 2004, 05:05 AM
welcome to the board.
what current job do you currently work at?
what are you doing with your life?


keeping up with the Joneses and main-stream everything. Screw being like everyone else; they have terrible taste.
agreed!

Johnny
13 Sep 2004, 01:27 PM
Welcome Phreon.

Google Monster
13 Sep 2004, 01:50 PM
welcome!!

Avengardh
13 Sep 2004, 08:16 PM
Hi hi *waves*

My inability to express myself to people I care about in real-time drives me nuts.

Same here....

~*Aven*~

indczn
13 Sep 2004, 09:02 PM
Welcome to the board.
Your points are disturbingly familiar...

int
13 Sep 2004, 09:07 PM
... flying (as in doing it)...



Pilot? I just got my private license a little over a month ago.

Welcome. :)

nobarcode
13 Sep 2004, 10:50 PM
With the exception of #'s 12 & 17, you are my clone. Welcome.

EternalCynic
13 Sep 2004, 11:03 PM
Hum. You sound like me.. minus a few of your tidbits. Welcome to the forum :D

BritainOphira
13 Sep 2004, 11:17 PM
storm chasing

Is that really as awsome as it sounds? Also, welcome, Phreon.

CosmicDust
14 Sep 2004, 02:46 AM
Teaching's freaking hard. I got unsatisfactory feedback from my students as a TF. I don't blame ordinary teachers for not being able to teach the smart kids. Then again, I am an INTP, and those absentminded professors in the physics department that nobody wants do tend to be INTx's...

flan2dave
14 Sep 2004, 04:26 AM
Ok, since those are random tidbits, I think of a number at random (actually, it's likely to be prime) and comment on whatever you said.

"7) Oddly for an INTP, I'm not that great at mathmatics (see point 2) "

Well, that's not too odd for this group of INTPs. I don't know, what's the percentage? Something like a quarter to a half of the members are strong in mathematics?

I wouldn't do anything crazy like call myself great at math, but it's a strong interest.

Funny, eh? I pick a prime number and end up with a tadbit about math. Deep, deep intuition at work here. B) :rolleyes:

Phreon
16 Sep 2004, 04:26 AM
Thanks for the warm welcome; I'll answer a few questions.

What am I doing for work?

I was working at a marketing company building and installing displays. It was horrible, boring, back breaking work. My coworkers insisted on cranking particularly low-brow Gangsa-rap. Somehow though, I managed to become their lead process designer. If they needed it built, I figured out how (with maximum efficiency). How do I keep winding up being the "go to" guy?

NOW, I'm working as a Unix System Analyst for a (the) major, nationwide grocery chain. I've been out of I.T. for about two years, so there's a bit of rust, but (for the first time in my life) I'm not particularly worried. Right now I spend my time reading everything I can and absorbing their CBTs. Though it's never been my expertise, I'll need to become adept at Korn shell scripting. The odd thing is, even though I've never been much of a programmer, I have no fear that I'll do anything but very well once I gain some traction and come up to speed. Perhaps this is what it feels like to be an INTP with a modicum of confidence? Perhaps 30+ years of experience plus a little faith in one's self? 30 years of pulling solutions outta my ass under worse circumstances than this?

Only time will tell. Hopefully my reserved confidence isn't misplaced or a harbinger of danger.

What am I doing with my life?

I went bankrupt. I'm living with my parents. I'm trying to get the hell out of here.

That aside, the idea that I can have mental/physical/emotional reserves left when the work day's over means I'll have the personal wherewithal to resume my pursuits of passion, such as photography or guitar playing.

I was so burnt at the end of the day at my old job that even if I had the time and finances to continue my photography, for example, my results would have shown it. My best/favorite photos are the ones where there's an emotional connection between the subject and I. If I'm not moved in some way, all I'd be doing is an expensive snapshot....the end product would reflect that. How can you reflect beauty when you're at the edge of breakdown? You can't.

My new job brings with it the hope that I'll slowly return to my old self; the one who enjoyed the beauties of his city and natural surroundings.

Storm chasing?

Honestly, I haven't done it for several years. I went a few times with a group of chasers I "hooked up" with, but their goals were not as they stated. I was there to learn, but it became evident over time that they were being driven by financial aspirations, not scientific, even though seeking knowlege was the main precept listed in their "credo".

Even so, it was still a blast, though hard work. It takes hours and hours of planning, followed by many hours/miles of driving through desolate land trying to position yourself in a spot where you think a storm might happen. There is a subtle beauty about the desolation of the plain states, so even "bust" days weren't really that bad.

I never got to see a "full on" twister, just some small funnel clouds, a dust devil and some VERY wicked storms. Mind blowing, flying saucer shaped parcels of death.

Anyway, thanks for the welcome.

I'll be around,

Phreon

file cabinet
16 Sep 2004, 02:37 PM
one of the photographers I really like is Joel Peter-witkin.. I like his take on human suffering.
If you have problems finding example Korn scripts there are probably newsgruops / mailing lists / forums to find the information that can help you. I do bash scripts occasionally but I usually do php and since I already know php I usually just execute those in the CLI(cmd line interface) environment. I'm sure you will get to the point where you're bored with Korn scripting as much as I am bored with php.