I consider myself somewhere in the middle of the introvert/extrovert spectrum, but I have to say that I think my current job as a writer is the perfect fit for me.
At previous jobs where I worked 9-5 in an office setting, I just felt totally drained from sitting in a cubicle and sitting through meeting after meeting after meeting.
Ugh. No thanks…
But some people love that stuff! And I have a feeling those people are not introverts.
So what are the best jobs for introverts?
Here’s what folks on AskReddit had to say.
1. Sounds glorious!
“Driving street sweepers.
Drive around completely alone all night.
No bosses, customers, or co-workers to deal with.”
2. Loved it!
“Data entry.
I did 10-key typing for teller verification for a bank. The office was in a nondescript building by the airport – no customers or anything. Maybe 10-12 people in the room.
We could listen to music or whatever in headphones. Loved it!”
3. Sounds okay to me.
“Chillest job I’ve had is janitor at a thrift store.
I just showed up, did the tasks on the checklist, and left. Almost never had to talk to anyone.
I also liked it because I got to be on my feet – I don’t care for sitting at a desk all day.”
4. I’ll leave this right here.
“Food delivery, actually almost any kind of courier job.
The interactions you have with people are barely interactions at all, mostly you don’t even talk to anyone. Just say the name of the order, take it and leave.”
5. Surround me with animals.
“Animal welfare is my passion because I find it easier to interact with animals rather than people.
Dogs don’t judge you for dropping that pen and cats want nothing more than decent chin scritchies.
So much less stressful than interacting with a human.”
6. Time to open the bridge.
“I always wanted to be the person who works at a drawbridge and pushes the button to make it go up and down.
I’m assuming you just sit in your booth and a couple times a day someone tells you a boat is coming along.”
7. Interesting…
“Hotel Night Auditor.
If you can handle being awake all night and have the ability to aggressively guard a daytime sleep schedule, it’s great. I’ve done it for five years at different hotels just because I hate dealing with people.
You don’t generally have any co workers, and you’re effectively the on site manager, so you’re totally running the show. There’s usually about an hour or two worth of paperwork (if you really want to do it right), maybe a couple hours of prepping for the breakfast crew depending on your hotel’s program. And the rest of the night you really just sit on your *ss and try to stay awake.
As far as customers you usually only see like 3 all night, I’ve had plenty of nights where I didn’t see any customers at all because they were all checked in and asleep and I didn’t get walk-ins. Real problems are rare.
When I’ve trained people in the past I tell them it’s 99 nights of nothing, and then one night of chaos (water pipes burst, someone OD’s in a room, someone sets a fire with their microwave etc.). Most of the time the biggest problem is boredom.
Best part, it generally pays more than day shift. If you’re an independent self starter, good with paperwork, reliable in a crisis and can be trusted to get things done without virtually any oversight, it’s a great job.
I left it because I was getting too depressed and realized I was using this job to unhealthily alienate myself from society. It’s THAT lonely of a job.
Now I drive pizzas- everyone’s always happy to see me and the customer interaction is one minute long, tops. Nice thing to transition into.”
8. Up early.
“A baker.
You work while most others are asleep and are done once most have to go to work.”
9. Speaking from experience.
“In some ways, working as a Software Engineer from home in certain companies, like mine.
My meetings are few and I can skip most of them (except 1 weekly 20 minute meeting). There are detailed notes kept in many meetings – so I can just read that.
In a meeting, we rarely turn our cameras on.
I interact with my colleagues a lot, but most of it is over chat and the rest is over chat.
There is clear metrics and data on everything we are doing – so there is no need to grease the wheel or be popular.”
10. Meditative.
“Fire lookout tower.
I am a fire tower lookout over the summer and aside from radio check ins briefly or actually reporting a fire, you see and talk to no one. It’s quite meditative.”
11. Dog Heaven.
“I’m a dog trainer specializing in board and train, so I only spend about an hour a week working with owners.
Other than that I get to hang out with dogs all day. It’s a new career path for me, and it’s freakin awesome!
If things keep going the way they have been this last month, we’re set to make $100,000+ this year!”
12. Crunching numbers.
“Accounting.
Especially with being work-from-home, the most you have to interact with anyone is the occasional Skype call.”
13. Not bad at all.
“I’m a hotel housekeeper.
I do occasionally talk to customers but not really. I don’t have to talk to my coworkers much either. I just stock up my equipment and clean my rooms by myself. I usually wear earphones all day when cleaning too.
I don’t like the job and I’m not introverted. But this job might be alright for introverts.”
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