[muzani]

Most of them are badly thought out. We had a bowling event on a work day once. This was when we were behind schedule. It was stressful to take the day off, when I'd rather be working.

Productive engineers = happy engineers

Happy engineers = productive engineers

It's a nice loop. Don't break it.

If you want people to be tighter knit, just make them solve a problem together (e.g. actual work). A lot of good friendships were forged around exhausting days.