Assuming you’re talking about software in a company setting, you should talk to your manager. Is there a good reason to go fast? Do they understand this may come at the cost of more considered decision making?

Or maybe are you not able to go at the pace that they think you are?

Pressure cookers that make ppl work fast for no reason often leads to bad engineering but sometimes there’s a good reason for it. Having clarity on that should help your decision making. Good luck

Introversion and extroversion are also not just binary traits in my opinion. Some “introverts” are very extroverted with friends they know well and in intimate settings. They are happy and receive energy from these social interactions whereas big groups may drain them.

That describes most if not nearly all introverts, and it’s something extroverts (and many introverts too!) often misunderstand. The thing is though, most introverts still feel socially drained after even those positive-feeling, energizing social settings, and take (or should take) downtime to recover afterwards.

I’m a big fan of this approach. The idea that your startup can only grow to be this huge unicorn if you can convince top talent to devote all of their loyalty and time to you is such a farce. You certainly want that in some of your key hires and core team, but good talent is hard to come by and you might be better served getting a fraction of their time than none at all.

I think everything here is valid, but the biggest hurdle is that companies have inertia and are bad at thinking outside of convention. Plenty of employees probably would go part time if the whole process was made easy enough.