Let's imagine a universe where research showed that factory workers gained significant productivity when they had private spaces to concentrate. Do you think th

Let's imagine a universe where research showed that factory workers gained significant productivity when they had private spaces to concentrate. Do you think that the factory owners would suddenly erect partitions? Of course not - at least not until they faced significant competition and were losing market share. Too many people doing software over-inflate their importance to management. The reason why there are few offices at tech companies is simple. Management views software developers as factory workers, and they want to 'see' them working hard for the money that they're spending.