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I'm sure it varies based on place of employment and personal preference. I understand many people have some level of social anxiety that may be exacerbated by t

I'm sure it varies based on place of employment and personal preference. I understand many people have some level of social anxiety that may be exacerbated by the open floor plan. I just personally enjoy it and hope to not see its demise. Glad we get to pick our employer!

ken 6y ago
Unfortunately, that doesn't help, since 100% of software employers with offices use open floor plan offices, or some variant of the same. I always ask people in the industry what company has private offices for programmers. The only answers I've ever heard are "Fog Creek" and "maybe Microsoft?", but my friends at Microsoft say that's not so common any more.
- pertymcpert 6y ago
  Apple still has 2 person or completely private offices.
  - fzzzy 6y ago
    Not in the spaceship.
- sokoloff 6y ago
  Citation badly needed. We use cubicles rather than open floor plans in most of our office locations. Every commercial real estate discussion I've had has treated open floor plan, cubes, and offices as three distinct points on a spectrum.
- turbulentic 6y ago
  It's ironic to try and fit as many software developers in a floorspace as you can, when their productivity more than linearly drops like that. You could do with a few, actually focusing people.
SketchySeaBeast 6y ago
It's not so much a social anxiety, as an awareness of others. You can't just be yourself without being rude. Even just basic body functions, like farting, is something you need to consider and manage before doing it. I'm not saying I want to constantly fart, but there's no privacy.
loco5niner 6y ago
> social anxiety Yikes, that's kind of an insulting assumption. I just get bothered by sounds, and don't want to bother others with sound (and smells).
- rodiger 6y ago
  I didn't suggest it was the only reason people may prefer offices- just one potential reason. I'm making no claim about OP or any other specific person on this thread.

ken 6y ago

Unfortunately, that doesn't help, since 100% of software employers with offices use open floor plan offices, or some variant of the same. I always ask people in the industry what company has private offices for programmers. The only answers I've ever heard are "Fog Creek" and "maybe Microsoft?", but my friends at Microsoft say that's not so common any more.

pertymcpert 6y ago
Apple still has 2 person or completely private offices.
- fzzzy 6y ago
  Not in the spaceship.
sokoloff 6y ago
Citation badly needed. We use cubicles rather than open floor plans in most of our office locations. Every commercial real estate discussion I've had has treated open floor plan, cubes, and offices as three distinct points on a spectrum.
turbulentic 6y ago
It's ironic to try and fit as many software developers in a floorspace as you can, when their productivity more than linearly drops like that. You could do with a few, actually focusing people.

SketchySeaBeast 6y ago

It's not so much a social anxiety, as an awareness of others. You can't just be yourself without being rude. Even just basic body functions, like farting, is something you need to consider and manage before doing it. I'm not saying I want to constantly fart, but there's no privacy.

loco5niner 6y ago

> social anxiety Yikes, that's kind of an insulting assumption. I just get bothered by sounds, and don't want to bother others with sound (and smells).

rodiger 6y ago
I didn't suggest it was the only reason people may prefer offices- just one potential reason. I'm making no claim about OP or any other specific person on this thread.