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In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions:

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   Listener Lisa asks,

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   Hi Dave and Jamison! How do you answer the statement \u201cYou\u2019re very quiet. Like really quiet\u201d? Me? I tend to give a small smile or recently, I said \u201cI know.\u201d

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   I\u2019m a software developer in a large defense company and I\u2019m on my third and final year of my rotational program. I just rotated back to the same area as my first rotation, so I know a couple of folks. However, I\u2019m not SUPER close to these people. My team is fairly new, but most of the members started at the same time, unlike me, who started just three weeks ago. I want to try to know people and get close to them, but at the same time I know my energy lowers after a couple interactions. I have always been known to be quiet, but I don\u2019t want to be known as the odd developer out on my team. The team seems to already know and like each other. I still talk, but only when I have things to say. I tend to stick to doing actually work, while others walk around and talk to people. Especially in the environment I work in, I assumed that we should limit ourselves to mostly chargeable time because we would have to make up the time we spent talking about unrelated work topics. It also doesn\u2019t help that most of my team sit around each other, while I\u2019m in a separate area. I think it would just be awkward for me to stand over their area just to talk, then having to make up that time later on.

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   Should I just accept that I\u2019m mostly an introvert even though I want to belong/to be part of the team? I feel like I want to talk to everyone, but at the same time I sometimes can\u2019t relate to what they\u2019re talking about or I\u2019m just not interested in some of their topics.

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   Aside: I feel like there\u2019s a lot of extroverted developers here and it\u2019s different from what I\u2019m used to.

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   Hiya! I haven\u2019t listened too all your episodes, but out of the ones I\u2019ve heard, it seems like you both suggest quitting our jobs. How many jobs have you quit? My dad had told me a couple years ago (when I was looking for a job) is that if you quit too many times, potential employers would think that you aren\u2019t committed or are only looking to get more money. Is this the case? Will companies think that if I quit multiple times?

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