[theinternetman]

> Ahhh, the old "ideas during casual talking" trope. In all my years I've never seen anything of significance come out of people talking over lunch

Depends on your job really, roles where creativity is required this sort of interaction is essential.

[notmything]

No it's not - there are very few companies that live and die by this - it;s not in any job spec I've ever seen and even if this is true for some companies, I never claimed this would work for all companies. You have cherry picked one thing from my overall argument.