> You can end up hanging out privately with your superiors or subordinates and this can eventually lead to various personal and romantic entanglements. That's

> You can end up hanging out privately with your superiors or subordinates and this can eventually lead to various personal and romantic entanglements. That's typically a bad idea anyway. I know that we in the hip, cool developer world like to pretend that an organisation can be flat and rankless—but it really can't. I think it's completely appropriate for superiors and subordinates to socialise in groups (and kudos to the tech world for keeping that tradition alive when so many organisational cultures are stomping it out), but private socialisation should be limited to those who are on the same level. As for specifically sex-related issues, the only thing I can think makes sense is to scrupulously treat every team member the same, and don't date within the organisation—and if, despite one's best intentions, one does form a relationship, then one or both parties should leave.