I'm naturally (maybe unnaturally) introverted, by nature ("on the spectrum" introverted).
You'd never know it, though, when interacting with me. It's been totally sublimated.
But it is exhausting, keeping up the extrovert. When I would get back from business trips, I'd be totally burned out, and it would take me days, to reestablish a baseline.
I'm happiest, and most energized, when I'm by myself, at my desk, working on software.
Something I've tried to explain to people but it never gets through. Maybe I am unlucky but the last few companies I have been at have been filled with extroverts. Everyone wants to call meetings for the slightest thing. I've tried to enforce boundaries (I would prefer a slack message unless it's hard to communicate what we need) because it is draining being in so many meetings. The boundaries don't work. My "lack of desire to communicate" has ended up on yearly reviews.
I just want to work in quiet, alone, to try to conserve my energy for important things.
Not particularly verbal (although his emails were quite loquacious). People often took a dislike to him.
Best damn programmer I’ve ever known. Totally knocked me into a cocked hat.
He had to be left alone. If we did that, he’d work until 3AM, and do magic.