Programmers tend to be introverted and have some serious ego issues. Therefore any mandatory social interaction will be met with resistance, even if it's usefu

Programmers tend to be introverted and have some serious ego issues. Therefore any mandatory social interaction will be met with resistance, even if it's useful for knowledge sharing or for letting your boss know how things are progressing or if they have to change resource allocation. We can afford 5-10 minutes to chat. Most of us spend an order of magnitude more time dicking around per day (as we should, for it's intellectual work)