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I don't agree that "software is no place for introverts". There are definitely many software engineers out there who are introverts. You just have to find an environment and team mates that are welcoming and accept you as who you are.

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Yeah, but you'll never get any peace or privacy away from them. Welcoming teammates does not make work bearable when they're on top of you all day long because of the open-plan office.

It really depends on how you go about it. Software engineers are one of the few professionals that can do well for themselves working remotely from a home office. You won't make any political progress this way, but you can be a happy code monkey. It takes some effort to find good positions that accommodate this, but they do exist.

Source: over the last 8 years, I've spent a cumulative 1 year working in an office, and the remaining 7 from home.

From everything I've seen and read, these positions are becoming more and more rare.

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