Wondering too
 

I chanced upon this while googling cos I'm in a similar situation myself. I wouldn't call myself a severe introvert but I definitely tend towards introversion and I find the extroverted bravado in most corporate settings very false and disturbing. I too would like to figure out a place in the world for introverts without them having to pretend to be someone they are not, it is very painful and draining. I'd love to discuss this constructively and wondering if there is any other platform or forum we can take this too without getting unconstructive comments?

Not true.

First thing a research librarian need to do is to conduct a reference interview, and then keep following up. This role is becoming obsolete some more. May not exist in 5 years time.

Archive and preservation specialist might need to deal with the public as well. When you record oral testimonies for archival, you are basically conducting interviews.

Realistically, there is a different between dealing with customers and dealing with colleagues. You can find jobs that do not have the deal with customers, but it is really hard to have jobs that do not have to deal with colleagues as well.

One thing that might work is some sort of maintenance/control engineer. Think of someone who monitor water levels in PUB, or work in a oil and gas plant control room.

There is already a lot of constructive comments, just that people like you don't want to listen and dismiss anything you don't like as 'unconstructive'.

Almost every job with some complexity and require some skillset and qualification will need to work with people, even back office jobs. When you work with people, interactions and dealing with all sorts of people is unavoidable. You can either continue to whine about how fake it is or learn to adapt.

Remember that at least half of the people in the world are introvert. They either adapt and thrive in the environment or use 'introvert' as an excuse and continue to whine how unfair and disturbing the world is. Whether you choose to play or don't play the game the world will move on, don't get yourself left behind going nowhere.

i think phd research is good. u need to talk to ur fellow research assistants and supervisors but at least those are discussions that u genuinely care about. i find being an introvert superfluous discussions and small talk to be draining. but if the topic of discussion is what i care about then discussions and collaborations would be empowering instead of draining. i believe it works for all types of introverts. i think the key here is to find something you're passionate about. everything else that comes along would not be tedious: even long discussions and meetings

PhD research is not a job, it's a part of the curriculum of securing a doctorate.

If you mean career as an academic doing research, such misconception has already been addressed in an earlier post by someone above.

You are sorely mistaken if you think a researcher can just hide in a room and direct his assistants. Academia politics can be just as brutal. There's only so much funding to go around and most academics need to do the water cooler rounds to pitch their ideas, build up connections and secure sponsors.

Iam also an introvert finding it hard to excel in the working world with all the fake and loud people. I find that most people have the misconception that introverts are incompetent and stupid, sighz. But being quiet doesn’t mean i dont do my job, in fact introvets are great listeners and hardworking. Imo sometimes working in team, will get dragged down by inefficient people. But gotta admit most jobs require interaction on some level. I guess depends on luck in finding a suitable workplace with understanding colleagues and minimal team work. when finding job, can more or less guage whether its suitable for introvet, just avoid jobs that require constant communication like sales, customer service, pr etc.

I run a small creative outfit, and I'd venture so far as to say the majority of my guys are introverts. For me, it doesn't matter if you don't come to the office and work from home, as long as you're being productive. I've got three artists, and all of them are basically like that. They come in for meetings, once, or twice a week, and that's it. But as long as they produce good work, I don't fret.

Now if you're talking about non-creative jobs... I don't think that's possible. Like in a professional business/consulting capacity, those guys are usually all expected to be super extroverted...

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