I didn't read the whole thread of comments but even the first few comments committed the common fallacy of trying to argue against statistical data with anecdotes. "I earn such and such so this cannot be correct" and so on. If you have a problem with these statistical differences between personality types, then you need to call into question the raw data that was used and how they analyzed it. It's completely useless to argue with anecdotes and speculation about what an INTP or whatever would likely do. I'd expect a smart INTP to understand this.
Generally, if you have beef with statistical analysis, then you're gonna have to point out a flaw either in how the raw data was gathered (some kind of bias) or how it was handled and conclusion drawn from that raw data. This article claims that the sample was 12 000 people. That's a statistically valid sample and if the data was correctly handled, the conclusions seem quite reliable as far as I can tell. Personal opinions are completely irrelevant. Surely there are statistical outliers such a high-earning INTPs but that in no way falsifies the common tendency.
I find that when people argue against statistics by anecdotes or personal opinion, they are usually dissatisfied with the results so there's a personal and emotional motive. This seems to be the case in this comment section too. Statistics can obviously be used in many ways and they can be easily manipulated to produce whatever result is wanted. But unless you have valid reasons to suspect this is the case, it makes no sense to argue against it based on anecdotes and personal opinion.
Of course there might be and probably are underlying reasons for why certain types earn less than others and these can be further investigated. Perhaps INTPs (as an example) prefer to work in a menial jobs unless they can find something they truly enjoy and this contributes to their relatively low average income. Perhaps they just do the hours and use their free time for truly interesting pursuits. This is perfectly possible. And it was even mentioned in this article that some types are not so interested in making money if they have to compromise their job satisfaction or interests for it. I personally belong to this type.
It may be too late to send this comment, I know this is an old post but here it goes anyway.
Korkeuksien mies (not verified)says...
I didn't read the whole thread of comments but even the first few comments committed the common fallacy of trying to argue against statistical data with anecdotes. "I earn such and such so this cannot be correct" and so on. If you have a problem with these statistical differences between personality types, then you need to call into question the raw data that was used and how they analyzed it. It's completely useless to argue with anecdotes and speculation about what an INTP or whatever would likely do. I'd expect a smart INTP to understand this.
Generally, if you have beef with statistical analysis, then you're gonna have to point out a flaw either in how the raw data was gathered (some kind of bias) or how it was handled and conclusion drawn from that raw data. This article claims that the sample was 12 000 people. That's a statistically valid sample and if the data was correctly handled, the conclusions seem quite reliable as far as I can tell. Personal opinions are completely irrelevant. Surely there are statistical outliers such a high-earning INTPs but that in no way falsifies the common tendency.
I find that when people argue against statistics by anecdotes or personal opinion, they are usually dissatisfied with the results so there's a personal and emotional motive. This seems to be the case in this comment section too. Statistics can obviously be used in many ways and they can be easily manipulated to produce whatever result is wanted. But unless you have valid reasons to suspect this is the case, it makes no sense to argue against it based on anecdotes and personal opinion.
Of course there might be and probably are underlying reasons for why certain types earn less than others and these can be further investigated. Perhaps INTPs (as an example) prefer to work in a menial jobs unless they can find something they truly enjoy and this contributes to their relatively low average income. Perhaps they just do the hours and use their free time for truly interesting pursuits. This is perfectly possible. And it was even mentioned in this article that some types are not so interested in making money if they have to compromise their job satisfaction or interests for it. I personally belong to this type.
It may be too late to send this comment, I know this is an old post but here it goes anyway.