Being forced to use a particular OS, hardware or programming language? Working remotely? Certain company structure?

    • That sounds really sad, did you try to connect with them? I usually try to connect with old friends with festival blessings, e.g. Christmas. This removes the awkwardness for not connecting for too long. Then you can follow up by questions like how things are going.

      But I guess sometimes it is really difficult to connect, since people just move on to dofferent stages of their lives.