I've worked from home for almost 5 years, and it's been mostly good. But there are some things I've started to realize I've lost and I REALLY want them back. Since every interaction is "intentional" I don't know anyone in my company outside my team.

I've felt stuck professionally, the seperation between engineering and marketing and sales has always been physical. However I often made friends with the guys, and would hang out at their desks during coffee breaks. A few minutes chatting there, and other people start joining in. After a bit of this, I was pretty good friends with the whole department. This bridge I built over coffee, was the origional accelerant to my career. I had direct insight into the customers and their problems because of these conversations.

But I don't have that any more. I'm back in my silo, and I can't get out.

Why does this video feel like watching someone live in a really fancy prison?