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>>Companies do not have a financial inventive to consciously cripple their very highly paid, very difficult to hire developers' productivity. I highly doubt th
by enraged_camel 10y ago
>>Companies do not have a financial inventive to consciously cripple their very highly paid, very difficult to hire developers' productivity.
I highly doubt that:
a) most companies have done studies to measure correlations between office plan types and developer productivity
b) they even know how to measure developer productivity accurately
On the other hand, they can easily measure headcount per square foot. It's a simple division that even the stupidest executive can perform. The other stuff is just hand-waved away.
- Frqy3 10y agoAlso, the managers who sign off and make the final decision on which office plan to go with tend to spend most of their own work time meeting and talking to people, rather than needing to sit and concentrate on something for several hours. I expect this influences a cognitive bias when these managers consider the productivity level of an open plan office.