I beg to differ. Especially when you have career growth and it becomes inappropriate to be friends with most of your peers. Add in the lack of kids (common in the 30’s) it’shard to find common ground. At least my wife and dog are my best friends..

[–] lasagna@programming.dev 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I see. Fortunately, friendship at the jobs I've had never proved to be an issue. I guess because my work is highly collaborative, this is often a natural outcome.

I'm thankful for having the luxury to choose my workplaces and I would never pick a place that expects me to leave my life at the door. Of course though, I respect my colleagues who wish to do so but I have found that very few of them wish for a strictly professional relationship.