The introvert's guide to getting noticed
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The introvert's guide to getting noticed
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#2Nice post! Support your 52 week challenge!
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#3Nice post! Support your 52 week challenge!
Thanks! It's a bit of a struggle at times, but I'm learning a TON!
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#4This is something I have been working on too (and have even taken some of the same steps). Thanks for sharing!
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#5A more appropriate name would be "An introvert's guide to being extroverted".
I like the idea of using your actual name for usernames, but that could lead to some unnecessary risk if you don't practice proper password security.
The meetups aren't a bad idea, but telling people to "talk to someone" is a bad idea. How about "Listen to someone"? That's much better, especially for introverts.
You're preaching as an extrovert to introverts. Associating yourself with your work, thinking through it, positively engaging those who criticize it while remaining calm - those are ways to get noticed as an introvert. Incorporating what you hear from others - that's how you get noticed. Talking to people and talking, talking, talking... that's how you get noticed for the wrong reasons.
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#6>Last year I switched all my accounts' user names to my actual name.
Create new accounts. Don't switch your existing accounts. Unless it's Github or something.
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#7A more appropriate name would be "An introvert's guide to being extroverted". I like the idea of using your actual name for usernames, but that could lead to some unnecessary risk if you don't practice proper password security. The meetups aren't a bad idea, but telling people to "talk to someone" is a bad idea. How about "Listen to someone"? That's much better, especially for introverts. You're preaching as an extro…
From my perspective, this article is not suggesting people try to be someone else.
It reminds me of the popular book "Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking"
In that book, the author suggest that introverts fake extroversion in short bursts.
As an introvert myself, this is something I've done for a decade. It's tiring but pays off. Sometimes we introverts miss out on great opportunities because we don't stretch our comfort zone.
I think this article is good advice on small ways for introverts to put themselves out there and "fake extroversion".
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#8I'll probably be down voted for this, but I don't see how this has anything to do with introversion. This reads more like "The shy person's guide to getting noticed".
I'm an introvert. After a particular long week, I'll go into my apartment and only talk to the delivery person that is bringing me my food. I do that because I just have to recharge and don't want to be around people.
But I have zero problems talking to people. I'm usually the loudest person in a design meeting. I am not afraid to make my opinions known. Mostly in person because I like to read people's body language.
Yes. This is just one person's account. But please don't assume introversion == shyness.
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#9A more appropriate name would be "An introvert's guide to being extroverted". I like the idea of using your actual name for usernames, but that could lead to some unnecessary risk if you don't practice proper password security. The meetups aren't a bad idea, but telling people to "talk to someone" is a bad idea. How about "Listen to someone"? That's much better, especially for introverts. You're preaching as an extro…
I do pretty much the same thing he does. I don't like playing the game and schmoozing, I do because it's better for me long-term. I build systems and write code that can back up the talk, because that's not optional--but if all I did was write code, it doesn't matter how good it is. Nobody would engage with it in the first place to have feedback to incorporate.
This is a social profession. Humans come first. Actual code quality is probably fifth. People who listen, valuable though they often are, are not the ones who get noticed--for any reason, good or bad.
Re: The introvert's guide to getting noticed
#10A more appropriate name would be "An introvert's guide to being extroverted". I like the idea of using your actual name for usernames, but that could lead to some unnecessary risk if you don't practice proper password security. The meetups aren't a bad idea, but telling people to "talk to someone" is a bad idea. How about "Listen to someone"? That's much better, especially for introverts. You're preaching as an extro…
From my perspective, this article is not suggesting people try to be someone else. It reminds me of the popular book "Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking" In that book, the author suggest that introverts fake extroversion in short bursts. As an introvert myself, this is something I've done for a decade. It's tiring but pays off. Sometimes we introverts miss out on great opportunities be…
"The author suggests that introverts fake extroversion" is still convincing someone to be an extrovert.