I really hate work functions on my personal time too, but you gotta just go for it as long as it doesn't get too invasive, 80% of the other people there are thinking the same thing as you... wish I was with my family or friends. Also not sure that I agree that the loud/outgoing people at work are always the harder workers or that it is a more desirable trait, as long as we're not talking extreme awkward introversion I don't think it's detrimental at all to your career in most industries.
It's more about what you say when you do speak then how much talking you do IMO.
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