I'm surprised nobody has yet posted any of Joel Spolsky's articles on why developers need offices. He's been writing about this for many many years. For exampl

I'm surprised nobody has yet posted any of Joel Spolsky's articles on why developers need offices. He's been writing about this for many many years. For example: https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2006/09/07/a-field-guide-to-developers-2/ https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2006/09/07/a-field-guide-to-d... https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2006/07/30/private-offices-redux/ https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2006/07/30/private-offices-re... https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2003/09/24/bionic-office/ https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2003/09/24/bionic-office/ https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2009/01/13/open-plan-offices-make-workers-sick/ https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2009/01/13/open-plan-offices-... https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2008/12/29/the-new-fog-creek-office/ https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2008/12/29/the-new-fog-creek-... https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2007/03/02/office-space-calculations/ https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2007/03/02/office-space-calcu...