>I mean if you can get 8 hours of solid uninterrupted coding, good job, but otherwise social interactions gonna happen. I see these interactions as overhead re

>I mean if you can get 8 hours of solid uninterrupted coding, good job, but otherwise social interactions gonna happen. I see these interactions as overhead related to work ("hey I need your help with $COMPLEX_PROBLEM" or chitchat waiting for a meeting to start), not a conduit for genuine friendship. They're (hopefully) cordial and pleasant, but almost completely work-related. I don't use work time to discuss hobbies, music, or other interests at length. I do mention these things in passing, and if a coworker shares interests and wants to talk more, we sync up outside of work hours. Is this not the way most people operate? > The on-site day is mostly planning, some gossip and whatever requires some bigger coordination, then rest of the week nobody bothers me. That sounds like a pretty good balance if everyone is local. For more distributed teams needing 'virtual onsites', there are some interesting concept such as Gather https://www.gather.town https://www.gather.town https://sea.ign.com/ign-sea/174057/news/how-virtual-office-app-gather-town-is-changing-the-way-we-work-and-play https://sea.ign.com/ign-sea/174057/news/how-virtual-office-a...