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200 Best Jobs for Introverts (Jist's Best Jobs)

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The bulk of this book lists blue-collar tradesmen jobs like plumber, boilermaker, repairman, bus driver etc. Also the supposed best introverted jobs are things like computer engineering, software engineer and accounting. There are a few scientific research jobs in the book.

The funniest jobs listed were fashion designer and interior designer, which are entirely teamwork based and extroverted (if you want to be successful at it anyway). I worked in those industries and it was a complete nightmare for an introvert. Constant networking with new clients, meeting with manufacturers daily, dealing with angry & snotty retailers etc. If you were going the design route, I'd recommend jewelrymaking since there's less interaction.

Also, lawyer was pretty laughable being on this list. Maybe if you did wills & trusts or adoption law you'd not have any confrontation at work and be alone most of the day.

I doubt these "Best Jobs" lists have any valid scientific reasoning to them.

So basically you either get a manual labor male dominated type career (electrician, etc.) or you get a job that's pretty low paying with no chance of advancement. The jobs that required college degrees where in fields I wasn't interested in, and I already have a degree in a certain field so it doesn't really help me. I have been considering a career as a librarian, and this book doesn't even have librarian on the list! (Just seems funny to me because librarian is most synonymous with being an "introvert" job.)

All of the careers did not sound promising and I am left feeling even more discouraged as an introvert. I really hope that these are not the only jobs we introverts have to choose from!

This book is a good starting off point but I wanted more in depth writing on how to use introversion as an advantage. I wish they would have included info on how to interview when you are an introvert. This book leaves more to be desired.