[MBTI General] INTJ's vs. ISTJ's

[INTPness]

INTJ's, how do you consider yourself different from ISTJ's? I know you have Ni and they have Si and you are N and they are S but:

(a) what do you notice about/within yourself that is different from ISTJ's?
and,
(b) what would other people see in you that would be drastically different from what they might see in ISTJ's?

 

[INTPness]

And how do you think those differences would play out in, say, a work environment? (i.e., you have more foresight, but they are better at details, etc, etc.)

 

[Haight]

ISTJs are accountants. INTJs are the accountants' bosses.

 

[Emectar]

yeah but everyone likes istjs better

 

[highlander]

Before I knew about typology and got to know myself, I think I tried to be like people I knew who were ISTJs/ESTJs. I was an accounting major and passed the CPA exam. There were certain things I just wasn't as good at though:
- remembering facts and detailed specifics
- being able to explain things in a detailed step by step way
- being able to explain my thought process
- remembering and applying rules and procedures
- they were faster and more accurate at routine tasks

Really, I think I felt I had a poor memory and was a bit defective but if I worked harder than them, I could achieve more, which largely worked.

In earlier years (school), I found the INTJ gifts to not be as valuable - or at least I didn't recognize them as such. Creativity, navigating through ambiguity, ability to understand the picture and details and then set the direction - none of these things were particularly useful in school. After I got into the business world, I found that many of the aptitudes that I had were quite useful though.

 

[Robopop]

Get dem INTJs, get dem :workout:.

 

[Thalassa]

yeah but everyone likes istjs better

 

[6.4]

Why are you asking these questions? The questions seem too broad for me to answer, I might be able to help if I why you want to know the differences

 

[INTPness]

Before I knew about typology and got to know myself, I think I tried to be like people I knew who were ISTJs/ESTJs. I was an accounting major and passed the CPA exam. There were certain things I just wasn't as good at though:
- remembering facts and detailed specifics
- being able to explain things in a detailed step by step way
- being able to explain my thought process
- remembering and applying rules and procedures
- they were faster and more accurate at routine tasks

Really, I think I felt I had a poor memory and was a bit defective but if I worked harder than them, I could achieve more, which largely worked.

In earlier years (school), I found the INTJ gifts to not be as valuable - or at least I didn't recognize them as such. Creativity, navigating through ambiguity, ability to understand the picture and details and then set the direction - none of these things were particularly useful in school. After I got into the business world, I found that many of the aptitudes that I had were quite useful though.

Great response. Thanks.

Why are you asking these questions? The questions seem too broad for me to answer, I might be able to help if I why you want to know the differences

Because I know a lot of INTJ's and also a lot of ISTJ's and I was wondering what the INTJ perspective was on ISTJ's.