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From watching watching older Channel9 videos: everyone gets an office, every office has the same size. If you switch the team, you move to a new office in of of
by frik 10y ago
From watching watching older Channel9 videos: everyone gets an office, every office has the same size. If you switch the team, you move to a new office in of of the dozens buildings on the campus. All older buildings are 3 floors with parking space next to the buildings.
Has something changed recently? Many devs of Win3/95 era got rich and retired early. So the culture may be different now.
- Hydraulix989 10y agoI've seen places like Studio A where there are cubicles and even "open rooms" now. Older buildings have individual offices, but junior employees share them with another roommate (or sometimes two!).
- qznc 10y agoI like two people per room. It is great for knowledge transfer, but unless your partner is rude, there is no distraction. Three people per room is bad, though. Two talking distracts the third.
- ams6110 10y agoI think I dislike shared offices most of all. You hear every fart and belch from the other person, you can't ignore their annoying fidgity habits like rocking in their chair, tapping their foot constantly, etc. I'd rather do open plan than that, especially if it's one where desks are not assigned and you can easily change where you sit.
- Hydraulix989 10y agoI think the hardest part was that my office didn't have any natural light at all because it was in the middle of the building (and given that it was Seattle, there wasn't exactly very much light to begin with even if you were in a spot that received some sunlight coming in from the outside windows). I wasn't distracted all that often with a single officemate, but I did have to buy daylight spectrum lamps because I have S.A.D. and vitamin D deficiency.