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Remembering GitHub's Office, a Monument to Tech Culture
- WatchDog 3y agohttps://archive.is/JrY5l https://archive.is/JrY5l
- ARandomerDude 3y ago> At Office 3.0, they connected the lighting and calendar systems, so that the lights would blink as the meeting approached its allotted time limit, then turn off completely—no matter who you were or how important your meeting was. This is brilliant.
- bradreaves2 3y agoOnly for an hour.
- justinclift 3y ago> Tech had entered a new era of discontent and mistrust, culminating in a backlash in 2016, after the presidential election, when Big Tech companies finally broke, embarking on a multiyear apology tour. Huh? When did Big Tech apologise for anything, let alone change their ways? I must have missed that...
- tetrisgm 3y agoNot a single photo of the office, in an article talking about its merits?
- veeti 3y agoCareful with that word! https://readwrite.com/github-meritocracy-rug/ https://readwrite.com/github-meritocracy-rug/
- thih9 3y agoSome photos: - https://www.officelovin.com/2015/03/another-look-inside-githubs-san-francisco-headquarters/ https://www.officelovin.com/2015/03/another-look-inside-gith... - https://homeworlddesign.com/github-office-space-san-francisco-studio-hatch/ https://homeworlddesign.com/github-office-space-san-francisc...
- cudgy 3y agoThe workspaces in the photos are basically wooden tables lined up against the wall. Looks more like a library than a place to do work. The cafe looks nice though. At least you can go to “work” and drink whiskey.
- firstSpeaker 3y agoAll those HM chairs…
- rvz 3y agoThe mania had to end since this whole tech culture was built on very cheap money running wild and pumped with VC money with the whole economy on a decade long QE cycle with an extreme amount of over-valued companies still unable to make money. As soon as the interest rates went up lots of companies started cutting. GitHub included and almost all the benefits went away.