The article below is sort of semi-scientific, but interesting
for this question.
I have collected some data on the frequency of
MBTI types among CS students myself, but without interesting
results; my data is insufficient.
@Article{Hardiman97,
author = "Lawrence T. Hardiman",
title = "Personality Types and Software Engineers",
journal = "IEEE Computer",
year = 1997,
volume = 30,
number = 10,
pages = 10,
month = oct,
Class = "psychology, engineering",
abstract = "Believes that almost all good software engineers belong
to just 6 of the 16 personality types of the Myers Briggs Type
Indicator (MBTI) test, namely ENTJ, INTJ, ESTJ, ISTJ, ISFJ, ENTP.",
}
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