Its hard to fight the urge to become an extrovert, everything on TV tries to make you believe you have to do these things to be cool and have friends. But like

Its hard to fight the urge to become an extrovert, everything on TV tries to make you believe you have to do these things to be cool and have friends. But like what you said, you make friends at local techmeetups. When your around people that share the same interests its a lot easier to make friends and be social. Start there and then work your way outwards.