It mentions that the INTPs had a large proportion of respondents who had zero income, and another big chunk who had a very low income. Those two results will keep the overall average down.
Why do so many INTPs have low/no incomes? As someone who spent more than a decade working graveyard shifts in convenience store, I would say reduced responsibility and time to do whatever I wanted was more valuable to me than a high income. Later, when I found something I could become fanatical about (computer science) I went and studied that in school and got a higher paying job.
Freedom and opportunity still rank higher to me than income. If I had been pursuing a higher income, I could probably be earning twice what I do now. But I'd be in a more corporate environment with less freedom and more strictly defined responsibilities.
Stephen (INTx) (not verified)says...
It mentions that the INTPs had a large proportion of respondents who had zero income, and another big chunk who had a very low income. Those two results will keep the overall average down.
Why do so many INTPs have low/no incomes? As someone who spent more than a decade working graveyard shifts in convenience store, I would say reduced responsibility and time to do whatever I wanted was more valuable to me than a high income. Later, when I found something I could become fanatical about (computer science) I went and studied that in school and got a higher paying job.
Freedom and opportunity still rank higher to me than income. If I had been pursuing a higher income, I could probably be earning twice what I do now. But I'd be in a more corporate environment with less freedom and more strictly defined responsibilities.