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by mdip 3542 days ago
I'm a little surprised at the down-voting. Your feelings on the subject are completely valid and shared by many. I've written enough comments on the subject within this thread that I won't repeat myself yet again, but briefly: a lot of extroverts dislike working at home -- I can name several off the top of my head that share your opinion and prefer an office job[0]. Additionally, introverts run the risk of being less successful working at home unless they extend themselves and force continual communication rather than fall into a natural pattern of putting their head down and getting work done. So the environment that may appeal most to introverts can be one of the more difficult for them to achieve success career-wise and the environment that may work well for an extrovert may not appeal to them at all.

[0] Though I think this is the first time I've heard "food and coffee" be a major factor. Perhaps it's something not understood by me as an American, but working at home means I can prepare a hot meal in 10 minutes for lunch with the wealth of food in my cupboard rather than eating out at fast food or enjoying whatever thing I managed to throw in a bag while I was rushing out the door in the morning that often doesn't appeal to me by noon.