Can you be introverted and have social anxiety and succeed as a product manager at a large company?

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Are you talking about me? Hahaha! Yes you absolutely can. Some of us turn on our game faces at work like a light switch.

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Teach me your ways please lol

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Absolutely! Introverts can succeed in a lot of roles/industries. Here's a great article that might help: https://www.productplan.com/learn/the-introverted-product-manager/

No #unpopularopinion

Happy to explain: Introverted people will have a hard time getting energy out of the team. While one of the basic skills of the PM is energizing their team.

So there you have your answer right??? As main job of PM is stakeholdermanagement. You might fit better in a more enclosed environment.

Do what makes you feel happy. Build what makes all of us happy

Cheers Sol

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I think introverts have great listening skills and they are great at reading between the lines and picking up subtleties. Both very important to relationship building. They are also good at advocating for their team if not for themselves by highlighting the contributions of other introverts. Instead of trying to match the energy and enthusiasm of extroverted PMs, focus on playing to your strengths.

Yeah you can be, I think it's more about demonstrating empathy and managing resource well for the most part.

Of course! Don't limit yourself. It's not gonna be a walk in the park, but you'll manage. You just gotta work harder. You got this!

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