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I'm late to this thread, and just kind of thinking out loud, but I wonder if this would work: Give programmers tiny private offices -- enough to physically do
by biztos 10y ago
I'm late to this thread, and just kind of thinking out loud, but I wonder if this would work:
Give programmers tiny private offices -- enough to physically do the computer-interaction part of programming in comfort -- and have a big central open space with big tables and some of the normal lounge stuff.
Ergo: you can "go off to code" and have privacy; but you would have a physical as well as social incentive to also spend time with your colleagues.
- test1235 10y agoIsn't that Google's model with their little developer sheds? Or do they not do that anymore?
- biztos 10y agoI don't know, I've never heard anything about that. Guess I'll have to ask a Googler, since when I tried googling it I just found a lot of brogrammers in open-plan cult settings. :-/ I saw something a lot like this in a coworking space in Santa Monica once but of course the goal was very different.
- mgkimsal 10y agoDifficulty with this is that it assumes laptops, or requires laptops + desktops. While we're on the subject of choice, some folks are very particular about double monitors, specific keyboards, physical arrangement of all that stuff, etc. The switching back and forth between different rooms... either requires multiple machines or ignores some of the beefier setups some people want/need. That said, I'm fine with one 16g laptop and I move around with it a lot, but I also know a lot of folks who could not be terribly productive on any laptop vs their current setup.