Measuring The MBTI And Coming USort

My personality type letters are INFP. The description of this personality type sounds a lot like me but after reading some of the other types, they sound a lot like me as well. I think the descriptions are a bit generic and each can loosely fit almost every person. While I thought the test and reading about my personality type was interesting, I became less impressed with my results after reading other personality types that could fit me as well.
The I in INFP stands for introverted. People with this personality type get their source of energy from their internal world. The N stands for iNtuition. Intuition means the person mainly believes information he or she receives from the internal or imaginative world. The F stands for feeling. People

In the article Measuring the MBTI…And Coming Up Short, David J. Pittenger stated, “It appears that the MBTI does not conform to many of the basic standards expected of psychological tests. Many very specific predictions about the MBTI have not been confirmed or have been proved wrong. There is no obvious evidence that there are 16 unique categories in which all people can be placed. There is no evidence that scores generated by the MBTI reflect the stable and unchanging personality traits that are claimed to be measured. Finally, there is no evidence that the MBTI measures anything of value” (Pittenger, 1993 pg. 6). Since I felt like the results of the test were vague and not very impressive, I was very interested to read Measuring the MBTI…And coming Up Short. This article validated my thoughts on the test. “The MBTI reminds us of the obvious truth that all people are not alike, but then claims that every person can be fit neatly into one of the 16 boxes. I believe that MBTI attempts to force the complexities of human personality into an artificial and limiting classification scheme. The focus on the “typing” of people reduces the attention paid to the unique qualities and potential of each individual” (Pittenger, 1993 pg. 6). I agree with D. Pittenger’s assessment. Every individual is unique and I do not believe it is possible to sum up all people into only 16

However, as I stated in the Module 2 discussion forum, I do not like to use stereotypes to understand individual people (Farrell, 2016). Each person is unique and should not be placed in one of only 16 types. I would not make my career choices based on the results of this test. Although, I have often thought I would be good at the jobs that are listed, I do not think I would enjoy any of the jobs listed. I have previously considered two of the jobs as a career. I believe I would be a great social worker or psychologist because I am good at listening to people’s problems and helping them feel better. Even though I believe I would be good at the jobs listed, I am not excited about them as a career path. While I am sympathetic to other people’s problems, I think it would depress me to work with people telling me their problems all day for a living. As an optimistic and positive person, I prefer to work in an environment with other positive people. I would not choose these jobs because, to me, it is just as important for me to enjoy what I do as it is for me to be good at what I do. I believe I would probably enjoy helping people but I worry these jobs may become depressing and I would eventually dislike them for that reason. I know I would be good at any job I put effort into so I would not limit myself to these few