It's ironic that my first paid job at Racal in the UK working on computer aided design software in assembler running on shared fridge sized minicomputers with 6

It's ironic that my first paid job at Racal in the UK working on computer aided design software in assembler running on shared fridge sized minicomputers with 64K RAM got many SW development truisms right. Desks all in one large room with collaborators (we didn't know this word yet) next to each other for easy questions/conversation when needed. Room was quiet at all times so no problem getting into the flow. Tea break mid morning and afternoon when the tea lady wheeled a cart round with a big tea URN (sweet and slightly milky no options) and various candy/sweets cookies/biscuits or chips/crisps. We would all get up from our desks and line up near the URN and chat/collaborate similarly to how people do at water coolers I understand. Lunch in the company cafeteria or out at a local pub if there was some event. More collaboration. After lunch we usually all (most of us) played the board game Diplomacy at one move per day. This is the perfect team building tool. What could be a better way to get to know each other than by building alliances to go to war with your comrades and/or stabbing them in the back? No external frameworks - most of the senior folks would create a few common functions or have some from previous projects that could be shared. It was all downhill from there.