but eventually people are going to get tired of investing in possibilities
The Tesla cars that aren't floating through space are pretty sweet, though!
He has a huge team of people running the show. He had his ideas and money. He's entrepreneurial and hires people to "get it done".
Some of his behaviors seem more like the stereotype of a perceiver to me. All those behaviors are atypical of healthy INTJs.
- Some of his products seem well thought out, logical and future-oriented (the cars, the batteries), but other stuff he does (that stupid car in space, flamethrowers) seem to have an indulgent, "This is fun and I
can do it, so weeeeee!" approach. So, we need to get to the route of why he is really making this stuff and doing this stuff. If he's just dancing around in his imagination and throwing money at people who can make it happen, that isn't an INTJ way of doing things. That's more the stereotype of an IXFP.
- It's unfair to sensors to assume that they don't have big ideas, aren't deep, aren't creative, etc. ISFPs are "the artists" of MBTI, after all. (I do not think Musk is an ISFP, but he has some XSXP stereotypical behaviors.)
- Dude is awkward as awkward awkwards in interviews, so he is either a shy and poorly socialized extrovert, or an introvert. So, I will give the people who say he is an introvert points here.
- He is an entrepreneur, not an inventor. INTJs are more "behind the scenes, inventing the things" types and are most successful when they have another person promoting what they do. INTJ like to do the things, and they're hands-on perfectionists about doing the things. They're not usually at the head of the company running the show (without doing) or talking about the things.
I'm biased. My INTJ-dar isn't going off. I just don't dig him as a person
at all. I know this counts for nothing, and personal experience has zip to do with typing, but if the man told me in person that he was an INTJ I would not believe him.