Just because you have to do something that is suboptimal when you're starting out because of resource constraints, doesn't mean that you should enshrine that su

Just because you have to do something that is suboptimal when you're starting out because of resource constraints, doesn't mean that you should enshrine that sub-optimal situation as ideal. As an absurd example, Jobs and Woz made the first Apple computers in a garage. When they started making some actual money and could afford something better, they didn't insist on their engineers all working in garages. Open offices are very reminiscent of the kind of environment that I remember from college, where the default studying option seemed to be going to the library, staking out a seat at a big table, building a fort of books, and "studying," with the emphasis on appearing studious and some sort of bizarre status hierarchy about how many hours you held station there.