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This is definitely the most common response I hear to shared/open offices ... but dang it, I love them (part time)! I go into a co-working space once or twice

This is definitely the most common response I hear to shared/open offices ... but dang it, I love them (part time)! I go into a co-working space once or twice a week, and wfh the rest of the time. When I'm there, I enjoy being around people who can relate to what I'm doing (even if it's just as simple as a knowing nod when I comment on a tough bug I'm troubleshooting). And if I need to focus, headphones easily place me in my own acoustic palace. I totally get that everyone is different, and thrives in different environments ... but don't crap on this type of shared experience as if it's universally hated by everyone, because it's not.

marcosdumay 9y ago
> (part time) That is a too important distinction to be left on a small parenthesis without relevance. Yes, part time shared/open offices are good. I would still argue that real offices let you create a better interactive environment than those, but they are perfectly ok for the amount of time you must go out and talk to somebody. Just don't expect anybody to create anything when forced to work on one of those full time.
- CodeCube 9y ago
  I parenthesized it on purpose ... because _for me_, it's a small detail; personally, I really enjoy being in open office environments, even if it was full time ... and I feel fully productive there. The part time thing is more a mix of laziness and enjoying going to lunch with my wife ;) But back to the point I was trying to make, this works _for me_; and I acknowledge that it doesn't work for others. I was only trying to balance the discussion such that it's not assumed that everyone despises open office plans, because it's not universal.
loco5niner 9y ago
> And if I need to focus, headphones easily place me in my own acoustic palace. Yeah, that used to work for me until I started getting ringing in my ears from headphone use.

marcosdumay 9y ago

> (part time) That is a too important distinction to be left on a small parenthesis without relevance. Yes, part time shared/open offices are good. I would still argue that real offices let you create a better interactive environment than those, but they are perfectly ok for the amount of time you must go out and talk to somebody. Just don't expect anybody to create anything when forced to work on one of those full time.

CodeCube 9y ago
I parenthesized it on purpose ... because _for me_, it's a small detail; personally, I really enjoy being in open office environments, even if it was full time ... and I feel fully productive there. The part time thing is more a mix of laziness and enjoying going to lunch with my wife ;) But back to the point I was trying to make, this works _for me_; and I acknowledge that it doesn't work for others. I was only trying to balance the discussion such that it's not assumed that everyone despises open office plans, because it's not universal.

loco5niner 9y ago

> And if I need to focus, headphones easily place me in my own acoustic palace. Yeah, that used to work for me until I started getting ringing in my ears from headphone use.