"Work without meaning is empty motion. Thus, in the past, I've learned to incorporate a positive attitude and this helps me enjoy my work. I take pride in what I do and the work I perform. If I'm unhappy or not having fun it will show."

"I think it is imperative to have fun at work. Not to say that work is all fun and games, but if employees are happy, they tend to have better morale and are more productive. In my current job, we have e-meetings for cooking classes. The chef was showing how to make delicious food (e.g: pancakes), and the others follow the video to make the food, then posted the picture on the slack channel. It is pretty fun. All of us relaxed and became familiar with each other through the funny cooking class. That was one of the most fun jobs that I have ever had."

"Yes, I think it is important that you get along with your colleagues and have fun while working with them."

"I've found that having fun makes me more productive, especially more creatively solving problems and having a bias for action. For example, there was a time I was tasked with creating a product demo specifically to wow journalists. I was brainstorming with colleagues and we were joking around about some of the crazy political stories that the software was analyzing, and then I realized that I could build a dashboard that showed why some stories were going viral and others were not. Then we built a dashboard showing which words and phrases were driving the outcomes and I presented to journalists about how they could use the tool to fine-tune their stories to have the broadest readership."

"Yes, I think it is very important to have fun at work. I like the term hard fun. I think it is important to ensure you deliver results while learning and being curious and ensuring putting the customer first.

I was in France for a week putting together a demo for a customer when V6 first came out, before 3DEXPRIENCE. Those were long days and nights. We were exhausted. And we knew it was just the beginning. The following week was the real work when we were traveling to the US and Canada to the customer's sites for the demos.

You know how it is. Late nights. Not regular meals. Whenever someone would get irritable we would play the video of a '60s song which was in French we didn't understand most of it but the chorus repeated the name of the customer so we would all laugh and sing. It really brought us together as a team.

We did win. That was in 2009. And occasionally, we still bring that video up and laugh."

"It is wonderful to jump out of bed in the morning knowing that you will spend another day laughing and enjoying the company of customers and colleagues. Feedback from both customers and project managers is that I bring fun to a project as well as deep technical skills and a can-do attitude. I enjoy approaching a project with humility and transparency. Whilst competent in my role, I do not pretend to know everything and as such approach work with a playful curiosity which I share with the client. For an infrastructure upgrade project, I arrived without having prior experience in the specific software stack. However, combining upfront preparation and demonstrable organizational skills, I created an environment where the customer and I could solve the problems together and have a laugh whilst doing so. Although my role was the subject matter expert, we worked as a team. The project was a great success. The customer later requested me for a subsequent project because they said they had so much fun working with me the first time. Where there is trust, there can be fun - so if you are having fun in your work with your customer, you know you are doing something right."