Personality types & attributes in software engineering

Indicating a correlation between software developers personality types and attitudes towards Software Engineering have been the primary focus of this study. Results have been acquired using a web survey consisting of a questionnaire and a personality test. The survey was sent to several Software Engineering companies. Results from the survey was analysed and the result indicates a correlation between attitudes and personality traits. The correlation was not so strong as it was believed to be. Some reasons for this include other factors that influence the software developers attitudes such as age, sex and other external factors. Both the personality traits and other factors that influence the software developers attitudes will be discussed in this study.