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tra3 on May 2, 2022 | parent | context | favorite | on: Tell HN: People underestimate the effect of colleg...

I miss read the title as “colleagues” and was trying to remember how many former coworkers I’m friends with.

Surprisingly few, considering I have 20 years in the industry and spent 8 hours a day with some of these people.

zeroonetwothree on May 2, 2022 [–]

The definition of friend is “person you see regularly in more than one context”. So anyone you only see at work won’t be your friend. If you start inviting the same person to lunch every Sunday then that would work.

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