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I always skip catered meals for the same reason. I cannot stand forced socialization. Brain must turn off for a bit, and socializing is hard work (for me).
by t34543 7y ago
I always skip catered meals for the same reason. I cannot stand forced socialization. Brain must turn off for a bit, and socializing is hard work (for me).
- C1sc0cat 7y agoThen is that not something you should focus on as part of your development? I have done that in the past when a very good developer was working on some cool tech I suggested that he present to our team meeting.
- catacombs 7y ago> I have done that in the past when a very good developer was working on some cool tech I suggested that he present to our team meeting. Oh, god. My introverted self wants to slap you.
- C1sc0cat 7y agoIf you don't push yourself outside your comfort zone you wont grow - Oh and you will get taken advantage off and have worse career progression.
- catacombs 7y agoI'm an introvert and doing just fine, thank you very much. The fact you assume one needs to get out of his or her comfort zone or they will "get taken advantage off" and have "worse career progression" is too broad of a brushstroke.
- t34543 7y agoIntroverts unite.
- brokenmachine 7y agoLet's not and say we did.
- catacombs 7y agoCan we do this in an email?
- brokenmachine 7y ago>If you don't push yourself outside your comfort zone you wont grow - Oh and you will get taken advantage off and have worse career progression. Or, he's more likely progress to a job where there is no patronizing idiot trying to ham-fistedly force him into non-work related socialization. Seriously, don't people like that have their own lives they want to live? I have way too little free time to waste it talking to people I spend 8 hours per day with already. There's plenty of time to talk to those people during work hours, at least I get paid during those hours as well.
- C1sc0cat 7y agoAnd you will not have much career progression and if they use peer input into APR's and 121's Good luck having a career much past 40
- brokenmachine 7y agoI have no idea what you just wrote, but I'm still sure my life is happier that way.
- C1sc0cat 7y agoAPR Annual performance Review - or the meeting where they justify fiddling your rating to deny you a pay rise.
- brokenmachine 7y agoYep, very happy I don't have to deal with that.
- 27stkt6s 7y agoWhat do you mean by APR?
- C1sc0cat 7y agoI m an Introvert too - I just learned coping strategies.
- t34543 7y agoI’m not interested in socializing. I’ll take the career hit - when I am in a social job I feel dread. When I’m heads down I’m happy to come to work.