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Matt was an EMC storage expert, VMware vExpert, and former fan of other proprietary technologies. He now focuses on open source and DevRel adoption. He is a serial podcaster, best known for the Geek Whisperers podcast, co-built the DevRel Collective, and often shares on Twitter and GitHub @mbbroberg. Hi is also a fan of tattoos and cats, though he remains unsure of Schrödinger’s.
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Unfortunately not. If you run `which python` you'll get a very different path. I'm not able to call that path from zsh, so I've learned to use `#!/usr/bin/env python` as my shebang statement and it calls the activated pyenv version. (Credit: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/44076804/what-shebang-to-use-for-py…)
Hey Shawn -- you brought up a few great points. Thanks for the feedback. Here are some thoughts:
1) I'm sorry to hear you read any of this as saying one end of the introvert-extrovert spectrum is "bad." While there is a historical cultural preference for extroversion, I personally think everyone is brilliant and effective when we work to take how they best work into consideration. The books Quiet and Quit Influence both helped me appreciate these points and the different experience of an introvert. (Reference: [0])
2) I'd agree that intro-extroversion are commonly marketed in books, but that doesn't reflect where they come from. They originate from Carl Jung's research as he expanded on psychoanalysis in the 1920s, and centers on an attempt to map the inner experience of all human beings. He does not think one is better than the other, but rather two common human patterns of experience (Reference: [1]).
3) Autism spectrum is another important consideration in our industry since we do have a higher-than-average number of people with ASD in our space due to its benefits to complex, unemotional thinking (Reference [2]). I appreciate your note that some of the practices that help those closer to introversion may help others, including those with ASD. I also want to be clear that they are not related -- one is a theoretical personality trait and the other is diagnosable. For those less familiar, Autism Speaks is a great resource to learn. ([3])
[0] https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8520610-quiet & https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16056935-quiet-influence?ac=1&from_…
[1] https://www.jungiananalysts.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/C.-G.-Jun…
[2] https://www.forbes.com/sites/robertszczerba/2015/05/05/a-new-business-m…
[3] https://www.autismspeaks.org/