> don’t try to turn your workplace into your social life I think this advice is too absolute. So many people, in my experience, make positive and long-lasting

> don’t try to turn your workplace into your social life I think this advice is too absolute. So many people, in my experience, make positive and long-lasting friendships at work that I just can’t see your advice as being generally good. If anything, in some work cultures I think this kind of aloofness could be very negative - you could end up an outsider: unprotected, uninformed, and alone. I think you could also struggle to build the kinds of networks that can get you into the next job, or open doors in the future. At the end of the day it’s obviously a personal choice about how you want to treat your work life. YMMV, etc...