I definitely agree. This is why I almost always reject further interviews with a company that unnecessarily uses open-plan offices. What bigger slap in the fac

I definitely agree. This is why I almost always reject further interviews with a company that unnecessarily uses open-plan offices. What bigger slap in the face can they give to a developer? They are basically saying, up-front in one of the earliest conversations they have with you, that your value to them is more determined by your ability to look like a good piece of office furniture than by the product of your software development labor.