The trap of "I am not an extrovert" • Hacker News Board

Re: The trap of "I am not an extrovert"

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Post by interludead » Mon, Dec 30, 2024, 11:25 AM UTC

cardanome wrote: post #279

interludead wrote: post #237

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Success is about the skills, contributions and value you bring to the table, not about how much you talk

I think career success is purely whether people like you or not. Your skills and contributions don't matter at all as long as they are not so bad that people absolutely can not ignore it. Companies are mostly build on diffusing individual responsibility. Even if you majorly mess up as long as the right people like you you will be fine. Doesn't mean one needs to be an extrovert. Just have good social skills in general…

I think skills and contributions may not guarantee success on their own, but they provide the foundation for building credibility and trust

Re: The trap of "I am not an extrovert"

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Post by compiler-guy » Mon, Dec 30, 2024, 3:14 PM UTC

ethbr1 wrote: post #339

compiler-guy wrote: post #189

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No one is claiming that it can’t be done. Just that introverts don’t like to do it and generally don’t find it worth it.

I did and do, and I have several introvert friends who also found it an incredibly useful and fulfilling life skill.

Good for both you and them. But that doesn't mean it is generally true. In fact, enough people in this thread have explained that it isn't (also for them), that at best all we can say is that YMMV.

Re: The trap of "I am not an extrovert"

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Post by michaelcampbell » Wed, Jan 01, 2025, 12:03 AM UTC

fnord77 wrote: post #51

michaelcampbell wrote: post #49

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Everything is true except for the edge cases where it's not; pointing this out I think is unnecessary.

if something is true everywhere except the edge cases, it is not true everywhere.

No one said it was true everywhere.