How has being at a high IQ society influenced how you see IQ testing?

I don't think having been in a high IQ society (namely Mensa) has affected the way I see testing, except perhaps to understand that there are all kinds of smart people: motivated or passive, hardworking or lazy, successful or not, rich or poor, happy or sad, energetic or apathetic, etc. Potential does not necessarily lead to success, and our individual definition of success, or our desire to achieve it, varies greatly. It's definitely possible to be extremely smart and to consider that living in the utmost simplicity deep in woods is where you want to be. After a bit of life experience, I came to see IQ testing as an indicator of a form of potential. After all, I did a test that required a lot of thinking and I scored in the upper 1%. That has to mean something. At the very least, it should give me some confidence. It takes nothing away from those who scored lower because I very well realize they could be very good at an infinity of other things. At the same time, this score only implies that I can do certain things quite well -- but then the question is, what am I going to do with that potential? Nothing happens on its own, no matter how smart you are. And finding happiness is a challenging quest for everyone.

I got into mensa clearing a test similar to Raven's Progressive Matrices (cultural fairness). I think it shows that you are good at a certain type of standardised test, and that's it. I, for one, can never get into mensa using those "IQ" tests which have word analogies because I just don't know so many English words. Doesn't mean I'm dumb. Just means I've been brought up in a way that makes it easier for me to solve spatial and geometrical pattern recognition types. In my opinion, IQ testing = good at standardised tests = maybe good for CV padding and some social interaction with some other people/networking. Edit: A major reason for why I chose to take the test, specifically when I did, was because I was going through a patch in my undergrad where the coursework was roughly 90 % theory and 10 % analytical. I was scared that I might have lost some sharpness and analytical skills. Coincidentally, during that week when I was feeling down, I happened to be in the town which was conducting mensa (Chennai) and the test was being conducted the same Sunday. What are the chances, right? It cost about USD 5 (Mensa tests and memberships are quite cheap and affordable in India.Lifetime membership (25 years) costs about USD 80) and I thought it might tell me to some extent whether my head was rusted. So I went ahead and took it.