I've worked in-person for three different startups. I've never ever witnessed one of those serendipitous "hallway conversations" that turned into a meaningful product. What I have witnessed are:

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— Bojan Tunguz (@tunguz) June 10, 2023

I’ve worked for startups, small companies and large companies. I’ve also never even once had or witnessed one of those almost-certainly-apocryphal productive hallways conversations happen ever. And that’s because they don’t.

This is just a ploy by the micromanagers and MBA losers to get us cooped up back in the office, doing unproductive shit like they do all day.