"They have three main tasks. The first is to buy breakfast for the programmers [...] Secondly they are there to chat and interact [... ]Finally, they are there to play ping-pong with the programmers [...]<p>That's almost the opposite of a professional work place. Reminds me of the Mad Men episodes that depict 1960s office atmosphere were most assistants just used their jobs as a past time until getting married. At least Mad Men included a couple of strong female characters, but lots of others were were shown as being hired for beauty and typewriter writing.