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They are asking for open floor plans? Is there anything young people won't ruin?
by Camillo 10y ago
They are asking for open floor plans? Is there anything young people won't ruin?
- venomsnake 10y agoOpen floor plan is great way to have life-life balance and not do any meaningful work.
- morgante 10y agoI'm skeptical of the claim and suspect it might be (yet another) case of an older developer blaming young people for things. None of my friends (all in their 20s) prefer open offices.
- dpark 10y agoMeanwhile you've got widowlark (who graduated in the past couple of years based on some brief online stalking) acting shocked that anyone would want a private office. I'm also not sure how old you think I am. I'm 34, not 74.
- morgante 10y agoBe careful of all the stereotyping though. I'm 23, have heard of Extreme Programming, and absolutely want my own private office (and, failing that, a silent shared work space).
- dpark 10y agoSure. I don't think all younger programmers want open spaces just as I don't think all older programmers want private offices. I have interviewed quite a few younger devs, though, who asked about the office situation and expressed either no preference or a preference for open spaces. I feel like I've seen this less with older candidates. This is clearly anecdotal though.
- nojvek 10y agoI prefer open spaces. Mostly due to sunlight and the social interaction. It feels more collaborative. Although I should say our whole team works 1-2 days from home. Different people, different days and we're very okay with that. We also like to leave developers who have headphones alone and only talk to them over skype/slack.
- Shengbo 10y agoI promise not to ruin your Bingo nights.
- pm90 10y agoTry switching "young" to "old", and see how that sentence sounds.
- widowlark 10y agoDo you seriously feel like you need your own office? We live in the 21st century for god's sake. Rather than a private office, I want to work from home most of the time.
- eropple 10y agoThat we live in the 21st century is why I want my own office: because it's chaotic and hectic and a place to concentrate is important. As a consultant, that office does happen to be in my home. But I wouldn't return to a FT gig without having a place where I can go, separating from "home", to work in productive quiet.
- morgante 10y agoI don't need my own office, but I'd sure love to have one.
- clay_to_n 10y agoYes, they keep requesting open floor plans and talking about this book Extreme Programming which apparently advocates for it...