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> Expect the balance of wealth and power to shift accordingly Haha, no, absolutely not. Power and wealth will still be accumulated primarily through persuading and influencing others. Good luck accumulating significant capital without that!
I have gotten the feeling that introverts (especially those who write about it on blogs) have a chip on their shoulder about silly things like "needing to communicate clearly" or "having to interact with other human beings".
If you want to be successful, you need to know how to communicate clearly, and you need to be diplomatic and know how to affect the outcome you're looking to. "How to win friends and influence people" is still a good book to read on the subject. And what the hell is that "dating app" section, as if "witty one liners on an app" is somehow a contrast, or even a good thing, compared to meeting people at a bar or social event? The whole article is whack.
As someone who has historically been an extrovert but has become more introverted in the past two years, I feel like I have gotten a handicap - I feel I have lost skills that I need to regain.
I also think the WFH revolution (and the glee with which it is embraced) is a pendulum on the far end of positive, which I think will swing back a bit when people realize all the dreams of WFH don't materialize. Many people won't become nomadic. Many people won't move to that low-cost midwest city, save hundreds of thousands and FIRE at 45. All the things people are taking for granted now, like having an existing network of work contacts from the pre-covid days) will evaporate, and they'll be left trying to replicate what they took for granted, from home.
> High-paying careers favor those with the stomach for deep, solitary work. Where can I get some of this high-paid, deep, solitary work? These days software engineering is ultra-collaborative, and I doubt anybody would say that doctors/nurses, managers, finance people, or lawyers are doing deep, solitary work.
If someone thinks that paying a small group of people six-figure salaries will shift any type of balance in the world, they need to take a hard look at their assumptions and views.
The article lacks any intellectual rigor.
> High-paying careers favor those with the stomach for deep, solitary work.
I assume he means programming. Just because you work in a solitary environment doesn't mean you're an introvert. It really more requires the ability to focus more than anything in my experience. I've known a bunch of great programmers who were also extroverts.
> In-person schmoozing has taken a backseat to an online workday where the ability to self-motivate matters most.
I don't think this has changed because promotion is based largely on human bias more than anything. Making an impression on someone is still as important as it ever was, we just do it using a different medium. (zoom, teams, slack, email).
> Crafting a witty one-liner on apps determines your dating success — not the ability to pick someone up at a bar.
It might get you a date, but your personality gets you the second date.
One thing I have noticed when WFH is that random calls are more disruptive than someone calling to your desk. When someone calls to your desk you're already in that environment. When someone calls you when WFH they're entering your environment - if that makes sense. I also notice that status update meetings seem to be more common.
> High-paying careers favor those with the stomach for deep, solitary work. Where can I get some of this high-paid, deep, solitary work? These days software engineering is ultra-collaborative, and I doubt anybody would say that doctors/nurses, managers, finance people, or lawyers are doing deep, solitary work.
I've always felt that the introvert/extrovert dichotomy is such an oversimplification that it fails to be useful as a form of categorization. The degree to which someone is outgoing vs reserved is highly context dependent: maybe an individual is extraverted in their personal life but more restrained in a professional environment. Measuring these things is also so subjective that much of this is just a wash. Pieces of…
While categorization is good for quick communication, it usually abstracts too much. Rather than category, we should see things as types? Maybe this is one in the same?
> Expect the balance of wealth and power to shift accordingly Haha, no, absolutely not. Power and wealth will still be accumulated primarily through persuading and influencing others. Good luck accumulating significant capital without that!
I hope we understand that influencing others can happen without meeting them in a room on their schedule? If we do, then perhaps the general zeitgeist will evolve to recognize the superpower therein?
OK, but this marginally favors introverts, if at all.
People will still need to be aggressive in building relationships and influencing them. Does this sound to you like something introverts would enjoy, even if they're able to do it on Zoom?
> High-paying careers favor those with the stomach for deep, solitary work. Where can I get some of this high-paid, deep, solitary work? These days software engineering is ultra-collaborative, and I doubt anybody would say that doctors/nurses, managers, finance people, or lawyers are doing deep, solitary work.