Discrimination laws and "introvert" articles on the internet

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1.Where is everyone on INT and SA forums getting there are discrimination laws protecting quiet/shy/introvert/social-anxiety people? There isn't and even if there were they'd be trivial to work around even for the lazy haters..

2. Every "introvert" or shy employment-focused article you've ever seen on the internet: NASA and Google love quiet people just go apply..

I personally know Google Engineers, and have seen NASA geeks, they are all extremely social. Plus if you're facing a dilemma that is purely regarding acquisition of revenue how are you going to go about four years of $60,000+ education? These articles ALWAYS mention careers like accounting and sciences which all have the same problem.. It's like all these people just copy-wrote the same illogical garbage and self-proclaimed their humanitarian super-hero award..

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I consider myself shy or introverted and have a STEM degree which I'm working in that field for and I do find that they are good environments for shy people since you don't necessarily have to deal with the public on a regular basis, or at all in my case. Also I'm kind of lucky in that in my country it's not prohibitively expensive to pursue a degree from a good college or university and the entry system is based on academic results and not connections, familial wealth like I've read about in America, although if a poor family can't afford to send their children to university/college in the first place it's a moot point I guess.

I've never heard of discrimination laws for introverted people, it seems like an relatively silly law and like you said it would be incredibly easy to workaround.

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Mar 13, 2015 16:35:37 GMT -5 ura said:

I consider myself shy or introverted and have a STEM degree which I'm working in that field for and I do find that they are good environments for shy people since you don't necessarily have to deal with the public on a regular basis, or at all in my case. Also I'm kind of lucky in that in my country it's not prohibitively expensive to pursue a degree from a good college or university and the entry system is based on academic results and not connections, familial wealth like I've read about in America, although if a poor family can't afford to send their children to university/college in the first place it's a moot point I guess.

I've never heard of discrimination laws for introverted people, it seems like an relatively silly law and like you said it would be incredibly easy to workaround.

My brother in law is an engineer in a baltic country. If it wasn't for a rich relative he would of never gotten his bachelors(forget what it's called there but the equivalent) degree.. I think it was the early nineties and was around 10,000 euro(then kroon) even then.. That family only had some american-immigrant relatives with wealth who basically married in to money, and he talked them in to a loan..

I know what you're talking about though.. I had a good run career wise while living in Europe, but once back in the US I was pretty much rejected the first few minutes in the rare event I got an interview with my resume.. I liked how people were self-contained but not anti-social at the same time in europe. Skill and productivity was what mattered for jobs and advancements.. Here it's like 65% personality and looks and 35% technical just to give a loosely approximated idea.

Even race based laws are trivial to get around economically as long as you maintain some diversity, in the US. Imagine trying to regulate social discrimination.. This is why I find the people who suggest they are somehow protected by law to be annoying and counter-productive..