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Ask HN: Who do you eat lunch with?
It's lunch time here on the U.S. east coast. Who does HN eat lunch with? I'm interested in finding out whether people use it as an opportunity to relax, or network, or what-have-you. So, what is your most common lunch situation?
- eqdw 15y agoIt's about an even toss-up between either a) eating with other developers and throwing work ideas around; and b) eating, usually alone, while playing a game on my comp for 20 minutes or so
- mindcrime 15y agoIt varies tremendously from day to day. Eating at my desk at the $DAYJOB is probably most common by a small margin, but I often lunch with other people for various reasons. Sometimes $DAYJOB colleagues, sometimes startup related meetings, sometimes random lunches with friends or acquaintances just to catch up, etc.
- iisbum 15y agoI work from home, so I usually head to the kitchen and eat with my family.
- thenduks 15y agoI figure option 2 there is referring to day-job work. I most often (not always) eat alone (sometimes at my desk, sometimes at home with the cats) and work. But I work on side projects, open source stuff, etc.
- kenneth_reitz 15y agoMy fiancee :)
- mcantor 15y agoI started a new job recently; at my previous location, I ate with the other developers (some of whom I worked closely with, or had done so in the past). I've been at the new place for less than two weeks; it's a much smaller company, and I find myself inspired to go eat with everyone but the other developers, just to see what happens. However I have been surprised by my own hesitation to broach the perceived social barrier--the other devs invited me to lunch of their own accord, so it seemed natural; on the other hand, approaching someone else feels like a different situation altogether!
- bumbledraven 15y agoBrendan: Still picking your teeth with freshmen? Kara: Well, you were a freshman once. Brendan: Way once, sister. You and Em were tight for a bit. Who's she eating with now? Kara: Eating with? Brendan: Eating with. Lunch. Who.
- mkjones 15y agoGreat movie.
- revolvingcur 15y agoAt times incomprehensible to nigh the point of frustration, but great indeed. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0393109/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0393109/
- trustfundbaby 15y agoI really really love having time alone with my thoughts ... and I'll usually go somewhere far enough to get a good walk in ... every now and then I'll go with a coworker or my team
- spencerfry 15y agoA combination of (1) Carbonmade folks; (2) folks from the other companies in our office (Skillshare, Crush+Lovely, and Family Records); (3) other entrepreneurs in the area not necessarily in our office; and (4) visiting friends.
- leif 15y agooften don't eat lunch, just snacks and coffee throughout the day
- wccrawford 15y agoI would eat with co-workers from time to time, if that were an option. But I eat so early that nobody else wants to eat yet. So I end up alone with my thoughts, which are rarely about work. (I actually do a good job of separating work from not-work without thinking about it.)
- bzupnick 15y agoEat with friends that i can talk to about my insane business ideas. and then they laugh, and then i realize how ridiculous it is saving me a whoolleee lot of time on effort on it
- egb 15y agoI walk downstairs from my office and eat at home with my wife and daughter. Love it! :-)
- raphaelb 15y agoI eat with my wife and son at home, unfortunately that isn't one of your options.
- JSig 15y agoI eat with Peanut Butter and Jelly.
- jgroome 15y agoGreat guys.
- sspencer 15y agoThe whole company still fits in one conference room, so we all eat together. Unless something is broken, in which case people tend to scurry back to their desks after the food shows up.
- Vivtek 15y agoI eat in my kitchen reading a science fiction novel, except for Wednesdays, when I go to Frisch's with my Dad.
- alain94040 15y agoPlease add to the list: use http://letslunch.com http://letslunch.com to talk to interesting new people while eating
- petervandijck 15y agoWith my family.