'At my work, passive-aggressive behavior is what gets a response (which I find incredibly annoying). I tend to be very direct and have tact, but it's not received well. Does anyone know if...|||I'm not a career-first type. I have hobbies, a family, intellectual interests, and volunteer outside of work. At the end of the day, I leave when everyone else does (and we all start packing up ahead...|||I worked in a previous field and switched fields. My programming job is my new field. My previous field was a heavy-people field. I think it's my personality. I can switch around and around and keep...|||Yeah, there's the joke CP time, aka colored people time. In my younger days I used to think it was funny until I realized it's not, it's just irritating and rude. In some cultures and groups, for...|||I read glassdoor to get an idea of what it can be like, but experiences are different for every person. Sometimes I wonder if I have a bad personality that doesn't mesh well with others:unsure:|||Unfortunately, it seems to be at the expense of our sanity. As much as I'd like to problem solve, it's better for me to just grin and bear it because the fact is most people are whiners who'd rather...|||I've come to that conclusion myself. Unless people demonstrate otherwise.|||I almost always wear my wedding rings-- they're removed for cleaning the house. I wear earrings every day, and I do make an effort to wear bracelets and necklaces. Sometimes I get lazy and don't don...|||I'm a genuinely nice and kind person. I've learned people are scared off by generosity. It's like seriously people, I'm actually helpful. We live in a world of take and take, and when people see a...|||Oh, I'm also a programmer :)  I don't know what the issue is. My current supervisor spends most of his time giving me help I didn't ask for, and then berates me loudly like I'm an incompetent...|||Please allow me a few sentences to vent.   I am once again, experiencing issues with people in the work world. This is my 5th company in the last 10 years where it appears I can't go through life...|||Unfortunately this company is not a place I want to stay with. The environment is not a place for people who have ideas on implementing efficient processes. I'm looking for a new job, at any rate.|||As a programmer/software developer, I thought this discussion was interesting. I'm starting to rethink some of my own ideas about what I am interested in and can do, and I figured I'd share.  I...|||I'm a little late in responding/updating, but you are right. I've come to realize that while my employer is one place I'm experiencing this issue, overall in life there are going to be people,...|||Sometimes when I get extremely frustrated with a situation and seek to devise or find a solution, I come across another roadblock. It seems a lot of these roadblocks exist because many things happen...|||Now you've lost me.|||I believe that's called hunting their prey.|||You know what sucks? When it's a cultural practice to be late.  In my cultural background, it's normal for people to not show up for a wedding until a half an hour or an hour late. At wedding...|||How would you KNOW they are or aren't an ISTJ? I'm seriously getting sick of seeing people who are convinced they know what the MBTI is of people they don't know.|||The next question will be:   Why are ISTJs so uptight?|||Not sleeping yet :P|||Have a degree in comp sci/programming. Looking to get into an IT position.|||In my experience, dressing up nice or conservatively has been the least of my concerns. I like dressing up whether it's business casual or more conservative. Never had an issue wearing heels, making...|||I hear you! There are an awful lot of horror stories about ISTJ mothers...my own mother is nuts but I sincerely doubt she is an ISTJ since she is so extroverted and jumps to her emotional states a...|||I was told I was a sweet-hearted child who was shy, but I could keep myself entertained and never needed hand holding to find something to do. I didn't like chores (of course), but I liked books,...|||Naturally bonding with people can be difficult, too. I know a lot of people just don't find me likable even though I often hear that I have the qualities of a likable person. That's why I don't...|||Well, it would be a start. When you say interview a company, how do you go about that? Just setting up a meeting?|||That's how it went for me and after a while I gave up, too. I've nearly given up as it is right now but am choosing to just focus on the things I want to focus on. I'm a lot happier when I don't make...|||Bump in the night!|||Keep in mind the point of obtaining an education is to result in an employable position after graduation. That means your degree and experience must reflect that. Instead of thinking about what to...|||I think it's best to see the workplace as the area in your life where you do something productive in exchange for money. What you do to be productive is up to you, but it should be something where...|||That's called making friends, and for a lot of us other people just don't like our flow. To which I say, they can go down with the tsunami.|||If my supervisor's supervisor's supervisor-- basically an EXECUTIVE did not think they were a big deal, that tells me they weren't a big deal. Especially if the supervisor was talked to and was asked...|||Here's the deal-- I don't think I'm asking for a lot out of a job. I just want a job where I can go in, do my work, and leave. I don't think I'm entitled to special perks or treatment. I don't even...|||I've had difficulty almost my entire life. When you move around a bit as a child and teenager, it makes it difficult to make friends especially if you're ugly as hell. I know it sounds mean, but I'm...|||It's always more refreshing to get yawns than rotten tomatoes, or pitchforks and torches :)|||I thought it was run from us. LOL!|||Not if they're tempurpedic! Those things last forever, I swear. And are oh so soft, with the best alignment...  (thinks of robbing husband's pillow. husband is an N)|||Okay so I am going to be a pain here but I have to ask this. What is up with the questions about so many problematic ISTJs in people's lives and people somehow being so sure the problem person is an...|||Oh yeah I can appreciate that as well, but sometimes it's nice not to lay one's head on a concrete block all the time and enjoy the seemingly weightless pillowy softness of abstraction.|||I don't find socializing despicable, just stupid people despicable. Or being told that all people belong in boxes. Now that's a yawn for me.|||I told some people this weekend that I don't like people, while I was hanging out with people.   (sips tea)|||Oh, I have to agree here. Even my husband is sometimes surprised by my emotional fervor. He never sees it coming, LOL.|||Apparently depending on the context and your sex, it can make you appear mysterious as well. A friend from school thought befriending me was the most interesting experience before term started...|||Uh...I found it interesting. I like talking about philosophy if it's in the right context. When people try to talk philosophy when it should be about government, I find it pointless. It's simple--...|||Yes, many wish for what we should be and many are disappointed. LOL. I think ISTJs could go this deep but let's be honest here, we won't go this deep if we don't know you and don't think you actually...|||I've thought about taking a break from life but not disappearing completely. A coworker once told me she took a break from life. I asked her how she did it, as the concept seemed strange to me....|||Apparently, being an introvert who likes to socialize with people yet is a misanthrope is a weirdo. News flash for me!  :confused:  I'm getting older and began to realize, I don't GAF about who...|||You know, this question has come up quite a bit over the last two years. I also have a lot of experiencing working with aspie kids, so I'll give it a stab.  I don't think ISTJ's can necessarily be...|||I'm trying to understand why a school would think they can supersede parental authority by enacting this kind of discipline themselves.'