We have all been there. You walk into a room full of tech enthusiasts, the ambient noise is humming with intense architectural debates, and your social battery immediately drains down to a critical five percent. While the natural extroverts are flying across the room launching themselves into every single conversation circle, you are looking for the absolute best strategic position next to the catering table, silently calculating how many sandwiches you can politely consume before it is socially acceptable to slip out the back door unnoticed.
I was a complete introvert and I still am, but I consider myself an ambivert now, as I convert my personality according to the convenience required. It is like having a dynamic runtime configuration that changes depending on the environment variables. I enjoy solitude, as well as presenting things in a group or speaking in public. Exactly one year ago, I was a complete introvert and I didn't have the courage and confidence to present myself or to speak on a stage, but recently, I hosted a small segment in a tech talk where I had the opportunity to interact with the audience, present a quiz to them, and make them engaged and active. If a guy who used to treat basic small talk like a terrifying production failure can do it, you absolutely can too.
