Re:Suits (Score 1)

Of course, I knew I would get comments like this when I first posted. Unfortunately, they do not provide reasons for me to change my mind.

You do not have to be best friends with your co-workers, you do not have to "schmooze" or betray your ethics kissing up. However, there is something to be said for humanity, the simple act of communication. The best part of my job is when I find a level on which I can communicate to my co-workers where they do not think I am talking down to them. Just the other day, I lent a CD to an older woman who works here because she didn't seem to like me, and therefore wouldn't let me do my job as effectively as I could have. Since I lent her the CD, she has been helping me to do my job more efficiently, thereby getting more work done. More like the "business" transaction you are talking about.

The long and the short of it is this: Life is not enjoyable unless you make it so. Isolation is a choice; I've tried it, and find interpersonal communication far more appealing (and profitable, if you are really enough of a pig to believe capital is the ultimate goal of a job). I come home every night satisfied, and wake up wanting to go to work.

No code, no product... true enough. But these days, there are good coders with personalities. Geeks and "suits" alike. Don't get me wrong, I am not saying geeks don't have personalities. However, many of them hide these...

I'm getting away from my point. Live, communicate, be yourself for others or you are no one. You are not conforming to the desires of the "suits," you are fulfilling your potential as a human.

Or hide behind your fears, I guess it's worked for you so far... It's your choice. But be careful not to let your choice leave you with no more choices.