I disagree. ENTJs use Se as often as ENTPs use Fe. Both types do not know how use to these functrions properly.
Simply because ENTJs don’t use it as efficiently as pure Artisans doesn’t mean they don’t use it; even a type’s inferior function will influence them to an extent, causing many of the weaknesses that most will associate with a given type. In the case of a Tertiary Function, the qualities of that function will be manifested as a clumsily but still visibly used appendage. For example, due to their tertiary Fi INTJs may subscribe to an unusually strong and thorough moral code in comparison to their Rational peers. But the manner in which its manifested is far more clumsy and even dogmatic in view of how it’s used by an INFP.
Low conscientiousness and high openess to experience is an EP trait, making estp's more similar to entps than entjs.
Low Conscientiousness and high Openness to Experience is an xxNP trait so Artisans don’t inherently possess it. High Openness to Experience is related to Intuition, not Perceiving. Likewise, the external behavior of an MBTI type is controlled in large part by the functions as opposed to the simple dichotomy. An ENTJ’s functional make-up is a lot closer to that of an ESTP than an ENTP’s is and regardless of how the dichotomy shows up, the Perceiving behavior of an ENTP simply won’t have the specific characteristics of Se.
What is more nuts about this paragraph is that Warren Buffet is an ENTP. If he doesn't know how to handle money, then who does?
I agree with Untypable. His manner of accumulating money is very different from the way in which Bill Gates or Ted Turner succeeded in doing so, through collection of enterprises and calculated risks. Warren Buffet, while very successful within his business and stock trading history, is notable for how ridiculously frugal he is for a billionaire. He’s lived in the same house for thirty years and has rarely made any expensive purchases. In comparison, Bill Gates previously bought a home for $125 million at a continuing property tax of $991,000 per year. Warren almost seems SJ in his philosophy on money.
For example Warren Buffet, an ENTP, succeeds because he knows how to pick stocks better than anyone else.
A) Intuition is not random. It's probably best described as insight. Investment can use a lot of logic and analysis, but it also requires insight that most people do not have. If investment did not require insight, then a lot of people could replicate what Warren Buffet does simply by applying reason. In other words we should expect to see a ton of investment billionaires around if logic and analysis were all that was required.
That can be either Ni or Ne at work since both are rare functions. It’s much more likely to be Ni since the entire purpose behind the function is to predict the future of situations and assets.
In the case of Bill Gates and Microsoft, their success is due to being the first company in the software industry. Before Bill Gates everyone thought that the money was in hardware. He had the idea of licensing software and turning it into a marketable product.
Both of the Intuitive functions are rare and would be likely to produce an edge in the market. A focus on unconventional ideas is a primary feature of Intuitives in general.
The success of Microsoft has more to do with Gates' cleverness than his ability to maximize efficiency. A thinker's approach would be to make the best product possible and maximize the efficiency of the company. That is more similar to Apple's approach. Microsoft on the other hand is characterized by using tricks to force out competition and maintain monopoly-like control.
His approach to beating AC current was to trick people into thinking it was evil (by associating it with the electric chair). Again the focus on cleverness and trickery is more of a hallmark of ENTP.
Te combined with Ni doesn’t just maximize efficiency. Te combined with Si attempts to maximize efficiency while simultaneously preserving the current conditions while Ni seeks to maximize efficiency in view of a targeted vision or goal. Cleverness and unconventional approaches to situations is more so a facet of Openness to Experience than anything else. An ENTP is more likely to improvise an Indiana Jones-esque escape route while an INTJ has a higher chance of planning a clever scheme based on a predicted domino effect and conveniently placed pawns, ala the Count of Monte Cristo or the more realistic situation you described. Ni and Ne approach clever actions in these two differing ways while Te within ENTJs never acts by itself.
Likewise on the case of Edison the very fact that his company is focused on creating patents practically guarantees he's an ENTP. A company focused on cranking out new ideas and products is basically an ENTP dream.
As noted by Jack Flak, most of his inventions were soon to be produced by someone else and many of his most famous ones such as the carbon filament light bulb were simply improvements in efficiency on another inventor's model. His only real ENTP quality was that he was an inventor who continually produced good ideas, which is a quality shared by several other non-ENTP figures throughout history. His Te-based actions, flaws, and personality characteristics were far more numerous, including the efficiency based flaw that helped to lower his relationship with Tesla, his rejection of Tesla’s less financially practical ideas.
B) I watched a one hour interview with Warren Buffet a couple of months ago and he was cracking jokes and acting silly through the whole thing. If that doesn't describe an ENTP, then I don't know what does.
Surely you wouldn’t imply that all comedians are ENTP? I’ve seen ISTJs capable of cracking jokes. Humor is a very basic human quality.