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I like your comment about cubicles being a luxury. I don't know why they became a funny cliche of office horror. You don't have to be autistic to be driven mad

I like your comment about cubicles being a luxury. I don't know why they became a funny cliche of office horror. You don't have to be autistic to be driven mad by the constant interruptions enforced by office culture. When they tried to make pair programming mandatory, most of us decided to ignore it. Can't ignore the daily standup though. It just means I will not be able to concentrate until 10:30 every day. If that's the way they want it, so be it

bitwize 10y ago
> When they tried to make pair programming mandatory, most of us decided to ignore it. Oh, it's still doing its job because now it becomes a speed trap. Failure to pair program then becomes something to put on your pink slip when management fears the possible repercussions of "we just don't like you".
kosma 10y ago
> You don't have to be autistic to be driven mad by the constant interruptions enforced by office culture. There's a difference between finding something completely pointless and stupid (an exaggerated "this is driving me mad!") and completely losing your ability to concentrate ("my productivity is 10% of what it was when I had a quiet room for myself"). I get so aggressive, hopeless and sad when overstimulated that I had to quit the job because open space was too much to handle. > Can't ignore the daily standup though. It just means I will not be able to concentrate until 10:30 every day. I purposely miss the standup meetings and just mail my report in instead. No one has complained, as my work still gets done and I still communicate with the team (although by Slack, not in person).