People joke about the programmer in a dark corner plugging away and never talking to others, but that's actually pretty rare. In 20 years I've only worked with

People joke about the programmer in a dark corner plugging away and never talking to others, but that's actually pretty rare. In 20 years I've only worked with a handful of developers who don't want to socialize, collaborate, or solve problems together. These two sentences are not mutually exclusive. I love to discuss with professionals or hobbyists things that overlap with my own interests or profession. Or drink and joke with them, iow feel close. But put me in a pretty common group whose best interest are: shallow travel, second order or empty talks, etc - and I will plug away immediately, because telling them what they even laugh about is so boring would be rude.