Here's what I think -- if you work in tech you probably know multiple people who enjoy watching video-games (i.e. twitch) and at least one who has watched at le

Here's what I think -- if you work in tech you probably know multiple people who enjoy watching video-games (i.e. twitch) and at least one who has watched at least on esport-level thing (be it speedrunning, a tournament, whatever). I think those people haven't brought it up to you because they are afraid of being judged. I think it's just not quite over the hump where it's "cool" yet. Give it 5 years, and talking about videogames at work will be as normal as talking about basketball, at least in tech sectors.