This hits close to home. I am extremely introverted but I have not had problems in this area because I was specifically told by someone in sr. Management how important "visibility" is.<p>But what I have witnessed is that this mindset rewards incompetence even insists on it at times. It doesn't matter how good you are at what you do, it only matters if you can go out of your way and explain it in a way multiple levels of middle management can take notice. So naturally people engage in things that can easily be displayed in powepoints and don't take up a lot of time. Fresh talented guys work hard and get noticed by their manager and immediate peers but no reports,papers,powerpoints so I hear some manager bad mouthing them and acting like the person that rushed through their work and put together a nice presentation (who is gonna take a closer look that knows what they are doing?) is a rockstar. And everything takes months because of this. Simple things with minimal effort don't get done because you can't get a person who is also interested in presenting it to managers to work on it (because they don't want to do too much so that it won't be expected of them).<p>People in tech that like their work tend to be introverts. You shouldn't judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree. Maybe some places do need a tree climbing fish hence "skilled talent shortage"?<p>When I worked at a tech company (don't anymore) I worked with a lot more talented folks but on top of that I was never asked to be more visible, my work was enough and my talented coworkers progressed to other things. Is it because some businesses naturally prioritize different abilities?<p>I call it the anti-hacker culture lol. Just an observation, I get it either way.
I found it interesting that 85% of pro sports athletes are introverts.<p>That said, I believe extroverts are the ones who make decisions about open-plan seating, with no regard to introversion.