> lunchroom chatter was one of the simple pleasures that made a daily commute bearable for me. When I was at Microsoft, pre-COVID, my daily commute was no big

> lunchroom chatter was one of the simple pleasures that made a daily commute bearable for me. When I was at Microsoft, pre-COVID, my daily commute was no big deal. But having lunch every day with other nerds was definitely one thing I enjoyed about the office environment. So when the pandemic started, we immediately lost that, and that's definitely one reason why I left several months later.