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Private rooms are not cheap and it would be hard to justify for junior programmers. And having private space just for middle level folks is bad for morale and l
by YetAnotherNick 3y ago
Private rooms are not cheap and it would be hard to justify for junior programmers. And having private space just for middle level folks is bad for morale and learning of junior folks.
But yeah for companies which just employs senior folks this should be the norm.
- coev 3y agoOne private room per team works very well for programmers without the expense justification. The two most productive jobs I've ever had in an office were with that arrangement, not cubicles or open offices.
- joshjje 3y agoCubicles are OK as long as there isn't a lot of chatter, people being on the phone all the time, talking loud, etc. Though of course id rather be in my own room no doubt.
- dragonelite 3y agoCancelling sound distractions with NC headsets isn't that bad. Cubicles will most likely help with visual distraction i have in an open floor plan.
- pseudalopex 3y agoI never saw headphones mask voice adequately without playing music or other sound. Or wearable all day without discomfort.
- red-iron-pine 3y agosame. you're basically getting earplugs at that point, or keeping something on in the background as a low drone
- dragonelite 3y agoI usually put some 8~10 hour youtube lofi stream on when working. I have no issues with NC headphones could even sleep with them, it has pretty much become a part of me.
- JohnFen 3y ago> Cancelling sound distractions with NC headsets isn't that bad For you. For many others (myself included), using NC headphones is even worse than putting up with the noise.
- nextaccountic 3y agohow do you justify the salary of a junior programmer if you can't justify giving them the space they need to perform? isn't this just throwing money away? note that private office rooms aren't the first or only option, but rather work from home
- JAlexoid 3y agoJunior dev left to his own devices will start reimplementing Linux kernel.
- iancmceachern 3y agoSkilled labor isn't cheap. The buildings were put there to serve the people, not the other way around. Even if you pay $1k per office per programmer that's still less than 5-10% of the cost of their salary, and would likely yield a performance improvement of greater than 5-10%. You say you can't afford to, I say you can't afford not to!
- YetAnotherNick 3y ago> Even if you pay $1k per office per programmer You mean per year? Private office costs are much higher than that. If you mean per month, then you are assuming salary to be average of $100k-200k.
- iancmceachern 3y agoI meant per month. Yes, that is indeed the average salary for a programmer in my area, that's the low end.