Jordan Peterson - IQ and The Job Market

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collyw · 2018-10 · Recommendation

There is an interesting clip from Jordan Peterson on IQ and jobs. Sure intelligent people want something meaningful from their jobs, but at the lower ends people are probably happier with something less challenging. [VIDEO] Personally I wouldn't mind cycling around all day and staying fit, but keeping software running pays a fair bit better.

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carsongross · 2017-05 · Recommendation

I agree entirely with you on the urgency of figuring out productive jobs for people with IQs on the left side of the bell curve. Jordan Peterson has a very good video on this[1]. I would couple this with a concern that we end (or, dare we dream, reverse) the dysgenic social policies we currently have in place (IQ is 50-80% heritable). In the short run, we need to work to move the production chain back to the united states, and that will generate some manufacturing jobs. I suspect more than the corporate-interest controlled media will say, but it almost doesn't matter if we are playing the long game for our kids. [1] - [VIDEO]

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oreally · 2022-02 · Reference

Well hiring for software engineers should involve fields outside their own while de-emphasizing leetcode. For example, there are psychometric studies comparing personality and job success. Some of JP's lectures talk on this point quite a bit. Workplace Performance, Politics & Faulty Myers-Briggs: [LINK] IQ and The Job Market: [VIDEO]

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