Co-worker?

[Scandia]

What do you know and recommend regarding dating a co-worker?

I am not doing so right now, but there is someone I am interested in. We are always saying chatting when we run into each other. And yesterday I found out we have a lot more in common than what I would have imagined- in addition to our working in the same field and having similar education backgrounds, he is also into anime and really likes one of my favorites.

He has been at my company for about 2-3 weeks. We seem to be drawn to each other in a way I have not noticed with anyone else in a while.

Should I try to ask him for his number? Should I ask him to go to lunch with me- or sit at his table at lunch if we are having lunch at the same time? Should I wait for a company function to sit together with him?

It would not be against company policy in any way since I am not his supervisor nor he mine. We are not even in the same chain of command.

Any advice? What I mentioned in the "lame" thread is not hypothetical. I may have many talents and strengths, but the relationship domain is not one of them.