I think it's poison for a developer. I work(ed) for two companies with open floor plans as a freelancer and I try to minimize my onsite time as much as possible

I think it's poison for a developer. I work(ed) for two companies with open floor plans as a freelancer and I try to minimize my onsite time as much as possible. Either I get close to zero work done or I have a splitting headache at the end of the day. Phones ringing, people talking, people walking, music playing - it's distracting as heck. In my home office, which is a couple of miles outside the city, all I hear is birds chirping and rustling tree leaves. I guest I'm a bit spoiled in that way but it's a great working environment. In my opinon, open floor plans serve only two purposes: lowering the costs of building and maintaining an office and keeping the staff monitored. > Facebook now has a 2800 person room in its headquarters [...] That sounds like a complete nightmare to me.