I'm 23F, neurodivergent and I barely talk. I'm also clumsy as hell and look like a dude. In my first two retail jobs I was the janitor at Wendy's and iHop or whatever they call it. I asked various times at Wendy's and iHop to be promoted because being a janitor is the hardest work IMO, especially when we are closing. I told them that I would talk more if I got promoted. Keep in mind we mostly work at the back of the restaurant so we don't have that much time to talk. All the things I got were “no, no and no”. Meanwhile, the employees who talked more where immediately promoted. I eventually left because I didn't want to change myself for others. Now I get $3 more per hour and I sell cellphone cases at a small kiosk which is closer than what I do IRL. I have a small game studio where I'm the director with 4 people. We don't earn that much money and that's why we have our separate jobs. Tbh we are more a group of friends in a discord chat than a game studio, I'm the one who earns the less because I pay my friends for what they do. In this game studio, I'm the director and I talk like hell. I have been praised by my friend who's the marketer because I helped him in knowing more about the industry. This is why you shouldn't judge introverts because we can be good leaders when we are given the opportunity