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The older I've gotten, the less I find the introvert/extrovert deliniation useful. It's a characterization that brings a ton of assumptions to it, especially wh
by madrox 4y ago
The older I've gotten, the less I find the introvert/extrovert deliniation useful. It's a characterization that brings a ton of assumptions to it, especially when employed in a Myers-Briggs-like fashion like this article is. A better headline would be "Did people who don't like remote work ruin remote work for the rest of us?" But that's practically a tautology. When you step away from that, this article is really just a rant about meeting culture.
Different companies have different ways of getting things done to build concensus, and some are more compatible with remote work than others. The fact that you see so many different ways of doing things implies that they're all valid and relatively efficient. That's why most large companies that went remote during the pandemic are returning to their old ways. Two years isn't enough time to shift that culture.
- rich_sasha 4y agoSpot on. The article rants, for example, that extrovert behaviours tend to be extrapolated to leadership skills. I think perhaps instead, leadership requires basic people skills which come naturally to “extroverts”. Being able to look someone in the eye instead of their navel (or worse) is a basic requirement. But beyond that people skills are skills that most people can learn and be successful leaders. I’d go as far as say, with experienced managers, it can be hard to tell if they are introverts or extroverts. They are good at directing teams using a variety of means of communication, during paid hours. Not bubbly chatterboxes or addicted to WoW or whatever cliche you want to use.
- gonewest 4y ago“Being able to look someone in the eye instead of their navel” is a crude caricature of introversion. It’s exactly the sort of misconception that causes people to assume introversion is a negative trait.
- bloqs 4y agoMyers briggs is unhelpful and unscientific. The Big Five inventory, is the opposite.
- madrox 4y agoWhen applied correctly; otherwise it's just words. If you're using introversion or extroversion as a stand-in for "likes remote work" and "doesn't like remote work," then I find it neither helpful nor scientific.