> It is not ok to be introverted nor socially anxious.
Social anxiety is a clinical diagnosis that needs to be handled and treated, I agree there.
However, I strongly disagree that it's "not ok" to be an introvert, and in fact am mildly offended that you would suggest such. Some of the rest of your comment leads me to believe you don't actually know what introversion means.
> ... I in fact think that it is not healthy. For me it is a red flag to lack the basic social skills such as sitting together in front of the computer and demonstrating part of your programming skills in a live manner.
Introvert != "lack [...] basic social skills". Introverts are perfectly capable of pair programming, it's just a draining and over the long haul less productive way for them to work.
> I used to be the biggest introvert & socially anxious person.
And you changed from getting energy from time alone to getting energy from other people? I suppose this is possible, but in the same way that it's possible to tie a left-handed person's hand behind their back and force them to be right handed.
> As a general rule of thumb the more extrovert a person is the higher possibility of their success in life because humans are social animals. This is known.
Because society is structured as such, and we should try to question whether that's wise rather than encourage people to completely change a fundamental personality type because it's "the way it is".
Introverts and introverted ways of doing business are valuable, but since they aren't the ones talking over others they often get left in the dust. This is something that efforts towards diversity focus on. They aren't all about race or gender, they are also about our ways of thinking and acting, and how all of these types should be welcome.
> No process can ever have the bandwidth of face to face communication
Even if I were to agree with this (not completely sure I do), they can certainly have a better signal/noise ratio.
> I don't want to work with that kind of people
In fairness, from what you've said, they probably do not want to work with you, so maybe this method of mutual self-selection is in everbody's best interest.
Social anxiety is a clinical diagnosis that needs to be handled and treated, I agree there.
However, I strongly disagree that it's "not ok" to be an introvert, and in fact am mildly offended that you would suggest such. Some of the rest of your comment leads me to believe you don't actually know what introversion means.
> ... I in fact think that it is not healthy. For me it is a red flag to lack the basic social skills such as sitting together in front of the computer and demonstrating part of your programming skills in a live manner.
Introvert != "lack [...] basic social skills". Introverts are perfectly capable of pair programming, it's just a draining and over the long haul less productive way for them to work.
> I used to be the biggest introvert & socially anxious person.
And you changed from getting energy from time alone to getting energy from other people? I suppose this is possible, but in the same way that it's possible to tie a left-handed person's hand behind their back and force them to be right handed.
> As a general rule of thumb the more extrovert a person is the higher possibility of their success in life because humans are social animals. This is known.
Because society is structured as such, and we should try to question whether that's wise rather than encourage people to completely change a fundamental personality type because it's "the way it is".
Introverts and introverted ways of doing business are valuable, but since they aren't the ones talking over others they often get left in the dust. This is something that efforts towards diversity focus on. They aren't all about race or gender, they are also about our ways of thinking and acting, and how all of these types should be welcome.
> No process can ever have the bandwidth of face to face communication
Even if I were to agree with this (not completely sure I do), they can certainly have a better signal/noise ratio.
> I don't want to work with that kind of people
In fairness, from what you've said, they probably do not want to work with you, so maybe this method of mutual self-selection is in everbody's best interest.