> Ram learns about Shyam’s promotion and feels a bit disappointed. He goes back home and says to himself “I am not an extrovert”, consoles himself and moves on with life.

I have seen this play out time and time again at nearly every company I've worked at and even every team I've TL'd.

I used to be a "proud introvert" myself. The "proud introverts" often feel wronged in these situations, struggling to understand that communication is just as valid and critical of a skill as writing code.

Accepting that I didn't need to make "being an introvert" my identity, and learning how to communicate, skyrocketed my career.