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This all boils down to your attitude toward your job. In my generation most first jobs were in the service industry. Later we all migrated to jobs suited to our
by maire 8y ago
This all boils down to your attitude toward your job. In my generation most first jobs were in the service industry. Later we all migrated to jobs suited to our talents.
I am an introvert - and interacting with strangers is painful for an introvert. I got over it. Working with strangers helped me overcome my shyness and later gave me tools to empathize with customers. When I ultimately became a software engineer, this empathy helped. When I was a manager I noticed that the best engineers initially worked with customers in some capacity.
- acjohnson55 8y agoIt's a great experience, for sure, but I think the point is the toll feigned cheerfulness can take over the long term. What's just a memorable formative experience to one person is another's entire livelihood for years.
- rimliu 8y agoI don’t know, I think the introverts are better at empathy, and exactly that makes interactions exhausting.
- brokenmachine 8y agoVery insightful. As an introvert, I agree completely. The extroverts that I meet seem to have little insight into the feelings of the people they are energetically talking in the direction of, and desire little truthfulness in their conversations. It's all surface-level small talk. I can do it for a short time but every one of those conversations kills me a little inside.