Re: social success predictor

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L,

Your "test" is actually pretty cool and useful. All of the
right components. I like it. I disagree that lawyers get
extremely high marks for ambition and IQ. This is not
necessarily true. My scores:

Attractiveness: 8.

Energy: 8

IQ: 27 (lawyers are between 20-30).

Manipulation Skills: 10

Parents class: 6 (solid middle class)

Communication Skills: 9

Ambition: 10

Dominance: 10 (Im the boss).

I scored an 88.

BTW, money mag just releases its best careers guide. Lawyer
ranked liked 37th. They say median income for lawyers is
$157,000. I think they mean median income for partners in
Biglaw. No way median for entire population of practicing
attorneys (government, solo, firms) is that high.

On 4/15/06, Mr. Blue wrote:
>
> Your prediction tool is crude but otherwise reasonable.
> Here's how I think I would score:
>
> Physical attractiveness: 0 (4 on a normal 1 to 10 scale)
>
> Energy level: 0 or 5
>
> IQ: 30 (relative to the general populace)
>
> Manipulation skills: 0 (but improving)
>
> Parents' socioeconomic class: 5 (mid-upper middle class)
>
> Communicaton skills: 5
>
> Ambition: 10
>
> Dominance/leadership: 5
>
> I think I'd score a 55-60 on the "L-Scale".
>
> Score could be improved slightly by lifting weights and
> working out (physical attactiveness and energy level).
>