This is why I love working where I work. I worked extra hours until 9pm to get an ITest environment ready for one of my customer teams. I came in this morning to a little prezzie and a thank you card signed by the entire customer team. This is what awesome culture looks like.

Awe!
I am so envious!
That really must be a great place to work.

Whenever I worked overtime, I just got chewed out over something unrelated, or had the work ignored for a week or forever.

To feel appreciated...
That's the dream.

That’s awesome! It’s pretty disheartening to hear the other stories where people don’t get recognition for this stuff. You’re taking away time from your family, friends, hobbies, etc. to help them, so to be appreciated for it makes it a lot better.

@Root *appreciation intensifies*

I feel you, though. A little thank you can do a lot to one's mind.

"Thank you for your hard work, Root!"

@Root only true programmers appreciate root

What’s the black oval object on the desk?

@toriyuno I would say a wireless phone charger, but I might be wrong.

Cool man, I have never witnessed an office environment like this

We usually get a nice pack of JIRA tickets, in one of 2 available priority levels: "not assigned yet" and "blocking".

@toriyuno wireless charger

@xzvf To be fair, that really is jarring and unignorable! 😅

A little story about a couple of objects on my desk. The Ors Dans La Boite was from our Scrum Master for attending our first Retro after adopting Agile. The Sorcerer's Apprentice is my avatar, so to speak, and represents me and my adventures in coding as the forever junior, especially the early years.
https://youtu.be/2DX2yVucz24

Are you sure you exist in the same dimension as the rest of us.