> The people planning the offices were from a sales background. That's the problem. You have to insist that an engineer is on the office planning committee. I

> The people planning the offices were from a sales background. That's the problem. You have to insist that an engineer is on the office planning committee. I pushed hard to be included in the choice of office space at my last startup and managed to get us a "silent" room. (Almost as good as private offices.)