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by badgersnake 264 days ago
> socialising far too much and get nothing done

Alternatively, you networked, built useful relationships and shared knowledge.

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"Hey, Bob."

"Hey, Chip."

"Catch the game last night?"

"Yeah. What a snoozer."

"Are you ready for that quarterly meeting? Heard Tracy will connect from the conference in Toledo. Hopefully I don't get a crappy seat in the conference room."

"I'll take the meeting from the desk."

"Nice. Lunch later?"

"Yeah. Talk then."

Wow. Another day of building relationships and sharing knowledge.

It depresses me how some engineers don’t realise how important this stuff is.
Sure. I catch up with many of them on weekends anyway — we hike together, our families know each other, some live nearby etc.

Regarding knowledge sharing, that happens equally well via Slack. (Actually, I'd say a screen share works better than over-the-shouldering someone else's screen in person)