Moreover, I would ask for a citation to show that anyone has gathered data from a properly representative sample of "programmers" (how was that group defined?) to show the personality characteristics found in the sample on a validated instrument. Statements of this kind are often based on inadequately small samples and may also suffer from ascertainment bias.
I hope your professor is aware that the Myers-Briggs scheme
http://www.skepdic.com/myersb.html
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0684830914/
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0743243560/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myers-Briggs_Type_Indicator#Cri...
http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/eletters/328/7450/1244
has never been validated.
http://epublications.bond.edu.au/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article...
http://www.indiana.edu/~jobtalk/HRMWebsite/hrm/articles/deve...
http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/eletters/328/7450/1244
Moreover, I would ask for a citation to show that anyone has gathered data from a properly representative sample of "programmers" (how was that group defined?) to show the personality characteristics found in the sample on a validated instrument. Statements of this kind are often based on inadequately small samples and may also suffer from ascertainment bias.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sampling_bias