A senior developer would ask me to drink in the bar where we talk about dev and non dev related stuff, almost every night after work

Like literally every night??

Yep around 3 times a week @carlosjpc

@delose cool!

He might like you?

I drink with the head of our sales department 5 days a week.
Gives you a special insight that many of the other devs/managers don't get.

That seems way too many times to drink with someone to call him a colleague. A friend, yes.

It's generally admitted here that, for the most part, colleagues are not your friends, so that really seem strange to me, but I guess it really depend on your culture.

We're from the same university and college. He has a wife and even told me she has no idea of this nightly habit. Didn't want to confirm it tho @YousifMansour

Kudos to that; we invite other devs too every Friday @fattymiller

In Manila, it kind of already is a lifestyle, but not true for everyone @Fradow

@delose we have a few manilla people here as well. We encourage anyone to come out as much as possible.

Honestly for me with these people; it has helped me understand how they approach talks, and i hope i have helped them in this area with regards to them getting pay rises..?