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The funny thing is that years ago when MS was at the top of the world MS always pointed out that every dev had a private office and made it sound like that was
by maxxxxx 8y ago
The funny thing is that years ago when MS was at the top of the world MS always pointed out that every dev had a private office and made it sound like that was the secret of their success.
- existencebox 8y agoHaving been on a team moved out of single offices, and being able to look at our ship schedule pre and post, I would agree with that it was, at least for us, the secret sauce. (or perhaps more accurately, the people we lost due to losing our offices were a component of that secret sauce) I almost wish I had never had an office in hindsight, because when I was just crammed into open spaces out of uni I took it in stride, but once I had an office years back I refused to go back to open spaces, the QOL hit was just too significant. It's really a constant wonder for me how the powers that be at various bigCo's have managed to sell this disaster. I have to think it's money, but every higher up I've probed seems to drink the koolaid on the surface ("collaberation! teamwork!")