I am also an introvert (with social anxiety) that tries to go to meetups and conferences.
The trick I found was learning to play to my own strengths, meeting and talking to a lot of people completely drains me, so instead of focusing on the big group I try and do smaller interactions with people.
I also learned ( through trial and error) what my limit was and that it is ok to bail when my battery levels are low.
Another thing that made these events easier was realising that my way of networking with people does not have to be the same as what all of my colleagues do, I don't have to turn these events into a number games where we compare how many new business cards we got, I can just be me.
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I am also an introvert (with social anxiety) that tries to go to meetups and conferences.
The trick I found was learning to play to my own strengths, meeting and talking to a lot of people completely drains me, so instead of focusing on the big group I try and do smaller interactions with people.
I also learned ( through trial and error) what my limit was and that it is ok to bail when my battery levels are low.
Another thing that made these events easier was realising that my way of networking with people does not have to be the same as what all of my colleagues do, I don't have to turn these events into a number games where we compare how many new business cards we got, I can just be me.