Social dynamics in professional settings

[monshogaku]

   If I may take a page from Penelope Trunk's blog, while we may try to do our best to be "professional" its hard to keep the social aspects out of it. When I came back from Atlanta Linux Fest I mentioned it had gotten me interested and motivated again to work towards a career in computers. Something else that has recently begun to motivate me are the social dynamics at work. Let me state right now that the people I work with are wonderful employees that are the best at what they do. Unfortunately, they tend to have interests in celebrity pop culture and such while I am a geek about computers and current events. This makes conversations outside of anything work-related very awkward and painful. At times I wonder if working in a more computer-oriented job would produce better social interaction in the workplace. It is something I have been thinking about along with my career path.
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