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Great article! This is definitely something that I had always thought about. The extroverted bias is definitely something that should be rethought. In my experi

Great article! This is definitely something that I had always thought about. The extroverted bias is definitely something that should be rethought. In my experience, I feel much more productive working alone rather than in groups. It allows me to work at my own pace. In working alone, I can keep my assumptions in my head, and have a full understanding of what my tasks are and what needs to be done to be completed. I feel my preference for this work style comes off as closed off, but having worked in different environments I know this way yields the best results for me. Working too often in groups gives a false sense of unanimity, where differing approaches are suppressed. I've also seen decisions be dragged on much longer than it really should take.

dasil003 15y ago
I like to work alone as well, even though I'm a manager and I'm lucky if I can get 50% of my time head-down writing code. I just feel like I can process so many more ideas thinking about things internally instead of pausing to try to verbalize my thought process. This is not to dismiss the power of two or more minds focusing on the problem from different angles bouncing ideas back and forth. Maybe I just haven't found my pair programming soulmate yet, but I suspect I just prefer to work alone most of the time and get collaborative only at chosen points (design/code reviews, brainstorming, domain expert discussion, etc).