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How Do I Use Myers-Briggs To Assess My Team?

Question: How do I use Myers-Briggs to Assess My Team? Answer: You don't. Seriously. That's my answer. Don't do it. Still reading? (sigh) Alright, if we're going to do this dance, let's get it over with. Myers-Briggs is Junk Science When a hypothesis is tested in a controlled experiment, proven, and those results are vetted by independent peers, you have yourself a little thing we like to call scientific evidence. Leave any of these on the table (eg. you make a hypothesis but don't run an experiment), all you have is opinion . The missing piece in Myers-Briggs (or MBTI) is that last part: independent verification by peers . Scientists uninvolved in the hypothesis need to be able to reproduce the experiments and put their career on the line by saying, "Yeah, this other scientist I don't know anything about...they're 100% correct." The only "verification" that Myers-Briggs has is via the Center for the Application...

Secrets of the 10x Developer

This isn't a post about whether a 10x developer exists or not -- as you may have already guessed, this post's stance is there is such a thing as a 10x developer . For why the debate over its existence rages, see this post . For why great leadership skills have nothing to do with being a 10x developer, see this post . If you're still reading, you believe! That's a good thing, because it gives you hope that you'll at last get to the bottom of what constitutes a 10x developer. There'll be a quiz question at the end, so pay attention! Let's get started with a review. In Review First, recall the definition of a 10x developer: A '10x developer' is one that can take software from concept to production-ready in an order of magnitude less time than a peer of matching experience utilizing the same technologies and delivering the same functionality. Cast any other descriptions out of your mind. It isn't that your preconceptions are wrong ...