Ask HN: Why don't I see gold at the end of the remote working rainbow?
It sounds like you&#x27;re an extrovert. The tech scene tends to have more introverts, hence why this is a controversial opinion for your friend circle.<p>I think of it like this - extroverts gain energy from social interaction, introverts lose energy from social interaction. Working in an office environment with all extroverts is great so long as the company&#x27;s work doesn&#x27;t require more introverts than it has available.<p>But if introverts work alongside extroverts, the introverts are essentially paying a subsidy to the extroverts in the form of their own Lebenskraft. When people got sent home, extroverts lost this subsidy while introverts stopped having to pay it. Of course, they don&#x27;t want to start paying it again. Who &#x27;wins&#x27; this power struggle is essentially a question of who has more leverage, and extroverts of course have more social capital (because gaining it is a self-renewing function for them). However, because they dislike interruptions introverts tend to do more &#x27;deep work&#x27;[1] which makes them harder to replace in an industry like tech.<p>Regarding your point about attacking the branch we&#x27;re on, that&#x27;s valid, but I would point out that almost everyone says they want an equal playing field for the global village, and leaving &#x27;but not if it impacts my personal standard of living in any way&#x27; unsaid at the end doesn&#x27;t go over well if you do have to say it aloud. For myself, I can only say that if I can&#x27;t stay competitive in the global marketplace given the advantages I&#x27;ll retain in such a marketplace, I probably need to rethink my strategy.<p>For your personal situation - can&#x27;t you find a co-working space to work alongside other extroverts in? I would imagine Berlin doesn&#x27;t have a shortage of them.<p>[1]<a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.paulgraham.com&#x2F;makersschedule.html" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.paulgraham.com&#x2F;makersschedule.html</a>