I suppose it depends on both the exact position and the personality of the employee.

You said you had a position that basically left you in isolation, and you hated it. Thus, for you, a team environment (or at least having somebody else who does what you do) is important to you based on your personality type.

I have a position where none of my coworkers are even in IT. And frankly, I'm perfectly happy in this situation. I've been in positions where I was part of a group where everyone did similar work, and it was nice to say "hey, my eyeballs are turning square, could you look at this and tell me what stupidity I committed?" but over all I enjoy the lone wolf position better than a group environment.

So, I guess it's horses for courses. When you're looking at a postion you need to account for the position's individual vs group nature and make sure it matches with your own. 🙂