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Most offices already have dedicated space for discussions and exchange of ideas. It is called "kitchen", or "watelcooler area". Rest of the space should be priv

• douche 10y ago
  One of the things I miss about working in blue-collar jobs is the sanctity of the coffee break and the lunch hour. 9 o'clock, noon, 3 o'clock, tools down, everybody goes to the break room and has a cup of coffee, shoots the shit, catches up on what else is going on. The plant I used to work in also did daily standups. They worked a hell of a lot better than any I have ever seen in software, since they started the minute after everybody was supposed to punch in, rather than some amorphous time mid-morning when somebody decided there might be a better-than-average chance of everybody finally dragging into the office or there not being some other regularly scheduled meeting.
  • dredmorbius 10y ago
    There's a huge difference between work which you can do tools-down without a lot of fuss, versus work which involves keeping a ton of state in your head. I've done both myself, and there's a distinct difference between working with your hands and working with your mind entirely. Not that tools-based work can't involve thinking. The design or planning elemments of carpentry or construction or machining or cabinetry can be quite cerebral. But there's that hand-eye tangibility that's missing.