Background: I have been working as a software engineer in Bangalore, India for 4 years now. My first 2 roles were fine where I was working mostly alone and my managers seemed fine with it, my work did not involve much interaction with my teammates. I switched to a 3rd company last year and there started my problems. Despite being friendly and warm, it seems like I was just not able to gel well with my teammates, plus I was remote as well, people wouldn't respond to slack messages. I ultimately quit that company because one project dragged on beyond original timeline and I felt demotivated to burnt out to even touch it. I changed 2 other companies since then and the common feedback I get is I am not engaging enough with the team. All this while I am approaching my work from the POV of deepness. Like I go hours and hours without talking to anyone all but coding. I only talk when there is a unknown in my tasks or if I need some clarification. I suppose this is a cultural thing. Also because of this nature, I usually get the feedback that I am not leader material or that I can't influence others or I can't work with others. Hearing this feedback constantly over the past one year at multiple roles is depressing me. FYI, I was always told that my coding skills are great, my commitment skills are high and I ask good questions while picking up a task. I am thinking of switching to something like linux system programming or join some GCC