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Re:Ask HN: What company environment has enabled your best work? by scarface74 on Friday February 08, 2019 @10:15PM (#19120466)
Some of that sounds like a nightmare to me.

- open office - impossible to concentrate.

- constant pair programming - ughhh

- I have a family and friends outside of work. I’ve gone out of my way not to mix my work life and personal life. I have no desire to “play games” and “watch movies” with my coworkers. I come to work to work. I have friends who are former coworkers.

- regular lunches together - again, my lunch time is my time to get away from the office and recharge.

Re:Ask HN: What company environment has enabled your best work? by thoman23 on Friday February 08, 2019 @10:20PM (#19120481)
Seconded! You could be my work best friend and years after we've moved on we could still enjoy not talking to each other.
Re:Ask HN: What company environment has enabled your best work? by Aeolun on Saturday February 09, 2019 @04:35AM (#19121527)
All of those things are perfectly fine as long as they are optional.