[pavel_lishin]

This is an introvert's nightmare. I feel like going to a room and turning off all the lights just reading about this.

I'm glad it seems to be working for them, and I'd be willing to give this a try for a week, but I'm not even sure if I'd wait 'til I had a job lined up before giving my two week notice.

If I have to spend eight+ hours a day doing nothing but talking to people, I'm going to have no energy left for anything else. If I were single and childless, I could maybe manage this for a month, but with a wife and child, the amount of stress would be insurmountable.

[emilong]

My first thoughts exactly. I'd be very surprised if there were not at least one introvert on that team (there's an awful lot of us!) and would love to get their perspective.

Introversion isn't always obvious. I'm guessing in that situation, I'd seem perfectly fine during the day while I'm there, but totally unable to sleep when I got home because of all the talking swirling in my head.

[pavel_lishin]

Weird, when I'm in that sort of situation all day, I usually feel like doing nothing but going straight to sleep.

[squeaky-clean]

Oh god, seriously. I can't even stand to see my family or best friends that frequently and for that long, let alone a mob of coworkers (and I love my coworkers). I can see the value of doing this occasionally. But I couldn't spend a significant amount of time in the mob.

[k__]

Totally agree.

I switched to working remote full-time just because of people who wanted to talk with me all the time in the office.

[enraged_camel]

>>This is an introvert's nightmare. I feel like going to a room and turning off all the lights just reading about this.

Wow! That sounds more like social anxiety disorder than introversion.

http://www.webmd.com/anxiety-panic/guide/mental-health-socia...