Working alongside friends can be more fun than working with friends My friendship “second base” used to be saying that we should work together on something. I’m much more hesitant to do this now, barring a few select people. What is more important to me? That our grandchildren have playdates or we cram to ship this project before our self-imposed deadline? Also, as my interests niche down, it’s also harder to find overlap to collaborate on without resorting to a lowest common denominator project that everyone is medium excited about. Yay for parallel work and actually hanging out when you spend time together instead!