Question for partners in B4…do you consider yourself introvert or extrovert? My guess is that a significant portion of partners are extroverts. But for those partners who consider themselves introvert — did you fake it to make it? Legit question 🙃

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Introvert here. I think it’s a spectrum and I’m not on the far end, so it really hasn’t been a problem.

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Interesting you mentioned spectrum - makes sense

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Former B4 Partner (EY, Deloitte), current middle market partner here. I am 100% an introvert and I work in transaction services which makes being an introvert difficult. When I was younger (definitely Senior and early Manager years) I was able to “fake it to make it.” Since then I’ve sucked it up and become a sort of “artificial extrovert.” Basically, I forced myself to become an extrovert. Adapt or die, I guess!

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Probably 💰

Can’t introverts be made a partner? 🤔

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Ambivert here

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Extrovert but def need my recharge time. Wife is introverted

Quiet! And adventure. Little bit of both but def need solitude

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