Wise decision, but drop the "get over my introvertedness" bit. It's part of your makeup and your mindset shouldn't be to not be that way.
However you can, as an introvert, become comfortable in leadership and speaking roles. I love helping people one on one. I've come to see the help I can offer in group teaching settings as well. The introversion is still a key part of my makeup, but that just informs what I'm most comfortable with as well as how I recharge and how often I need to.
For me, I need solitary and time to build, think, read, and write. But that time charges me up to give more to others and focus on sharing the passion and care I have about life while helping others be better.
Doesn't happen overnight, and you may not even want to go that road, but introversion isn't necessarily an obstacle to it.
I'm a father of four. I started out as a self-taught programmer, completed a B.S. in Computer Science and am currently employed full-time since 1998.
I also own a small mobile software company.
Of course you're right. It was bad phrasing on my part. I'm actually closer to an extroverted introvert in that I don't usually mind social interactions, I just have a hard time initiating them and then maintaining them once started. It's probably why I like to code so much as I don't have to interact with many people. I want to be more of a people person, I just don't always have the energy or constant motivation.
In any event, I like helping people. So, that's the direction I'm pivoting my careeer towards.
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Wise decision, but drop the "get over my introvertedness" bit. It's part of your makeup and your mindset shouldn't be to not be that way.
However you can, as an introvert, become comfortable in leadership and speaking roles. I love helping people one on one. I've come to see the help I can offer in group teaching settings as well. The introversion is still a key part of my makeup, but that just informs what I'm most comfortable with as well as how I recharge and how often I need to.
For me, I need solitary and time to build, think, read, and write. But that time charges me up to give more to others and focus on sharing the passion and care I have about life while helping others be better.
Doesn't happen overnight, and you may not even want to go that road, but introversion isn't necessarily an obstacle to it.
Of course you're right. It was bad phrasing on my part. I'm actually closer to an extroverted introvert in that I don't usually mind social interactions, I just have a hard time initiating them and then maintaining them once started. It's probably why I like to code so much as I don't have to interact with many people. I want to be more of a people person, I just don't always have the energy or constant motivation.
In any event, I like helping people. So, that's the direction I'm pivoting my careeer towards.