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There was an extroverted developer on my team a few years back. We're all glad he's gone. Too disruptive.
Having said that, nor does being a developer preclude acting. I was in a community play last fall. One of the other cast members had a degree in theatre, but she wasn't using it. In fact she just moved to Redmond...
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Can't really speak for dev jobs around the world, but where I live (Sweden), most dev jobs (especially smaller companies) are NOT cubicles of introverts hammering away anymore. It's very much a team effort, lots of meetings and socializing at the office aswell as after office hours (afterworks, dinners etc). The work environment is based around the idea that the employer provides an office space with different setups (ordinary desks, smaller rooms that you can withdraw to if you need to focus, lounge areas etc) where the employees find the place that suits them the best for the day and just get on with their projects from there. So at least over here it's been a radical change from the days when every developer had their small cubicle where they were to create splendid code by themselves like robots. 
I'm pretty extrovert myself and I enjoy life as a systems developer, so I don't think it's an obstacle as such. 
Wexelblats algorithm:
Pick two: 1. Good, 2. Fast, 3. Cheap
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To answer the subject question: Yes, software is a career for all types of personalities.
I went to college with a woman who was a music major, she got a BA in Music (can't recall exact focus). Prior to graduation she took a look at the world, and immediately got a MS in MIS. Her day job was working in IS (we worked together for a while) while she taught cello and performed in area orchestras. She got the best of both worlds -- a good living wage AND her music.
Fast forward 20+ years. My son (high school senior) is a tubist, LOVES playing. We discussed his future at length, and he realizes that making a good living from the tuba isn't likely -- other than Deathtongue I can't think of any rock tubists.  His plan is chemical engineering with a minor in music. He plans to follow in the footsteps of my old friend, having a good day job while continuing to perform. [Teaching music is out for him, he has no interest.]
A friend's daughter is a dancer. She loves performance and is really good ... but is realistic about the career. Her college major is in business, she's setting herself up to teach and manage her own business, understanding that the long view requires a Plan B beyond performance.
My advice? Talk to your daughter about the realistic view of theatre. Help her research jobs, careers, wages, etc. She has to do this herself, if you do it she may not truly believe it.
Others have mentioned the technical end of theatre -- that might be the best fit, she can enjoy performance while building other options. But in the end, it's her decision. Help her evaluate her choices and ensure she has multiple paths to success.
The hardest part of parenting is letting go ... 
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In my experience I see extroverts thrive better in career than introverts. I see the colleagues that ended up on executive levels to be more extroverts, able for speaking in front of a crowd (something like in theater) and able to communicate well.
I think she would have a good chance on that path, by starting as coder and moving up the executive ladder. I definitely think she should consider it.
Try her, check if she likes to code, one day she might end up in front of a crowd anyway.
But ultimately it must be her choice.
To alcohol! The cause of, and solution to, all of life's problems - Homer Simpson
Our heads are round so our thoughts can change direction - Francis Picabia
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First, let go of it being a binary choice.
I have been a busboy, bartender, pinjumper, security gaurd, worked a cash register, fast food, and countless other jobs.
My daughter is 16, and very similar to yours. She is a paid tutor at the local university for college kids, and in her second year of full-time college herself. But she just finished her first screenplay, and loves literature. She dreads computing for the same reasons your daughter does.
As a parent, I am MAKING her get a degree in Accounting, and she is getting a second degree in English Literature. One does not go to college/university without acquiring a marketable skill (IMHO).
But that is where I stop. She will have enough skills to feed herself.
Outside of that, I only need to:
A) Teach her right from wrong (done)
B) Teach her Want from Need (almost there... she IS a teenager)
C) Let her know that she is responsible for finding her own way and her own happiness
I think giving your daughter ANY false guidance is a bad idea. We were given children, and our job is to form them into well-adjusted adults before we let them loose onto the world!
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Kudos on being a parent who tries to guide their kid instead of just appeasing them. Everyone needs guidance, young and old.
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Project Managers do well as extroverts. But it's not a fun job.
Personally, I think that you have made a value judgment on the relative worth of one of her skills as opposed to another, and have judged technical skills as being of more value. Why is that? She must make that decision herself.
I have occasionally met people, who are very good at one thing, doing something totally different that they may not even be particularly good at, for their career. I don't have a problem with that. It is possible that their chosen career is what they personally need in this life for their own spiritual growth. My own sons are very good and excited at programming and have decided to major in that in college. I was hoping that they would choose something different and not merely follow in my footsteps, because I wanted them to live their own lives and follow their own path. Sometimes I wonder if they would be interested in something different, if I did that. I do think that there are probably genetically inherited brain characteristics conducive to programming, and they have probably inherited it.
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kdmote wrote: She is the butterfly of all extroverts
People that are good at sales if they manage their careers as well as the average programmer will make much more money. They often get to travel and, of course, meet many people.
kdmote wrote: But she is also very smart at things like math and "puzzles" and logic.
Which only means she is smart. And gives her something to do on the plane when she ends up sitting next to an introvert programmer.
kdmote wrote: Last night I assured her that there are a lot of software jobs
Business Analyst (or if you prefer Product Owner, same thing)
Architect
Professional services
...and...sales person.
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First of all forget whoever is trying to let you know that you need to butt out of your daughter's life decisions. Those have no skin in the game.
Of course there are a lot of extroverts in the software industry and they are in high demand. Social skills are a must to be able to understand the user and her requirements.
There are lots of women engineers and here is a link to one site she could check out and start the search if she is really intersted. <a href="http://www.engineergirl.org/cms/6067.aspx">EngineerGirl - Software Engineer and Computer Scientist</a>[<a href="http://www.engineergirl.org/cms/6067.aspx" target="_blank" title="New Window">^</a>]
Good luck to you in trying to guide your daughter to choose a path for herself and best of luck to her trying to choose one.
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One of the best developers at my company is the most outgoing, positive, vivacious women I know. In just over a year she has gotten promoted to a manager.
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Hi All,
My Win 7 box at my parents did a lot of updates as it had not been powered for a while. Fair Enough.
After restarting I appear to auto running 'Chromium' on boot this is odd, why not Edge (IE Gord knows) What is Chromium, Chrome was installed but rarely used. I first went to the startup option only found Dropbox, next stop Control Panel not there. How do I get rid of it????
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In addition to:
C:\Users\glenn\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup
Did you also look in:
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup
As a last resort, did you search the registry for Chromium?
"One man's wage rise is another man's price increase." - Harold Wilson
"Fireproof doesn't mean the fire will never come. It means when the fire comes that you will be able to withstand it." - Michael Simmons
"You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him." - James D. Miles
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Thanks for that, seem I am heading down a rabbit hole! 
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As long as said hole has not been taken over by a snake or a skunk, you should be fine.
"One man's wage rise is another man's price increase." - Harold Wilson
"Fireproof doesn't mean the fire will never come. It means when the fire comes that you will be able to withstand it." - Michael Simmons
"You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him." - James D. Miles
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Don't search manually - you'll never find all of the places where things can register to start automatically! 
Use Autoruns[^] instead.
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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Chromium is the open source browser on which Chrome is based. Somebody must have downloaded and installed it at some point. It doesn't just appear out of nowhere!
I am not a number. I am a ... no, wait!
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9082365 wrote: It doesn't just appear out of nowhere!
Of course it does, it comes out of the sky like all software.
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I assume it came as a download, it may have come with a WinZip upgrade...Open Source sounds like an invite to all manner of nasties.
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Wife of Jeremy Kyle granted a quickie divorce from the daytime
TV star today after 13 years of marriage citing 'unreasonable
behaviour'.
I can't wait to tune in to this episode of the show! 
veni bibi saltavi
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Do you know how they met?
Quote: Kyle met former model Carla Germaine in 1999, while he was presenting on a 96.4 BRMB radio show, and Germaine entered the controversial Two Strangers and a Wedding contest hosted by the station.[20] As the winner of the bride part of the contest, her prize was to marry the selected groom, Greg Cordell. Their marriage lasted only three months, after claims that Greg had an affair just days after their honeymoon, and she subsequently married Kyle in 2002
It is his second divorse, the first ended shortly after his first child was born with him hiding a massive gambling habit.
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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Ben Obi-Wan Kenobi: Jeremy Kyle show: You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy.
veni bibi saltavi
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They recruit people for it by hanging around family courts looking for willing victims participants, offer them travel, hotel stay and expenses.
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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Are you sure? I thought they'd meet them through the likes of Rotarians, Woman's Institute and Bible Study Groups. 
veni bibi saltavi
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A friend of mines ex-wife appeared. Oh Dear, Oh Dear 
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